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Textile EPR six months on: US compliance starts amid lawsuits & scaled-back ambitions

At the start of the year, it seemed like textile Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for producers across the United States was just a policy on the horizon. Six months on, the framework, which makes manufacturers and importers responsible for textiles from production through end of life, is reshaping obligations for fashion companies on both...

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Fight against ultra-fast fashion gains momentum in EU

Led by Germany, France and the Netherlands, an increasing number of EU member states are calling for coordinated European action against fast fashion and ultra-fast fashion. The three member states raised the issue at the EU Environment Council in Luxembourg on Thursday. They appealed to the European Commission to make existing and planned EU...

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Extended Producer Responsibility isn’t enough to tackle global ‘fashion waste mountain’. Here's why

The Netherlands will be the second European country to launch an EPR for textiles - but will the policy end waste colonialism? Textile waste is one of the world’s fastest-growing waste streams: according to the Clean Clothes Campaign, globally, upwards of 100 billion garments are produced each year, a huge portion of which don’t even reach...