The European Union wants the textil industry to pay for the processing of desiccated clothes and shoes under new regulations aimed at reducing the environmental impact of fast fashion brands.
He said that the proposal, presented by the European Commission on Wednesday, would encourage clothing companies to improve the recycling of their products and stimulate a second market in growth.
“No se puede impedir que la gente compre cosas nuevas si se lo puede permitir y le apetece”, dijo Virginius Senkivius, comisario de Medio Ambiente de la UE. “What I need to guarantee is that even if they do it, at the end of their lives these products can find a better way to be… burning them or throwing them in Africa.”
Fast fashion brands such as online retailers Shein and Boohoo and high-end clothing giants H&M and Inditex, owner of Zara, have been increasingly pressured to move away from low-cost commercial models that have destroyed them. De tons de ropa.
Según los datos de la comisión, cada ciudadano de la UE tira a la basura el equivalente a 12 kg de ropa y calzado cada año, y más de las tres curatas partes se incineran o se desechan y vertederos. Data from the European Environment Agency show that the consumption of clothing and footwear is expected to increase by 63%, from 62 million tons in 2019 to 102 million tons in 2030.
According to the proposal, the companies that sell to the consumers of the EU would be responsible for paying the processing of any textile waste in the amount charged according to the amount of processing required.
Similar measures exist in EU countries such as France and Spain, and member states are required to establish systems to collect textile waste by 2025 under separate rules.
An official of the EU said that, according to the Commission’s estimates, the cost of paying companies for waste clothing would be equivalent to 0.12 euros per shirt, but it would vary depending on the product and the shipment.
El funcionario dijo que las tarifas podería reducirse si la prenda se hiciera de manera más sustainable. “La moda rápida es un problema”, dijo la persona, y agregó que el ajuste de tarifas alentaría a los retailers to think more seriously if their products can be reutilized or recycled.
Eurocommerce, El Organímo de la Industria Añasa, dijo que apoya la asabo pero quiere que las reglas sean consistentes en los 27 estados miembros de la UE cuando se implementen.
Ella dijo que las empresas quieren vender productos más sostenibles, pero se han visto obstaculizadas por la falta de infrastructure de reciclaje. “Se necésitan financiamiento e inversion para lograr este alto nivel de recolección de desechos textiles”, dijo el Organimo de Comercio.
H&M also said that it supports the measures and has as its objective to manufacture 30 percent of its clothing with recycled fibers by 2025. Euratex, the textile industry body, said that it is working on projects in the textile region to create a system of circuito cerrado con prendas Mejor diseñon para el reciclaje.
However, it is likely that the proposed measures will disappoint the legislators of the European Parliament who have requested the “end of fast fashion” and specific objectives for the collection, prevention and recycling of textile waste.
La propesta se emitted al miso tiempo que se revisan las norms sobre de perdicio de alimentos, la nueva legislativa que rige la salud del soil de la zana y el uso de nuevas tecnologia para modificar geneticamente los cultivos.
Deberá acordarse en las negociations entre los estados members de la UE, que last month supported the prohibition to destroy clothing not sold, and the European Parliament before it became law.
An report published this week by the Tribunal de Cuentas Europeo indicated that there was little desire among the countries of the EU to increase the proportion of recycled materials that circulated in their economies. Los Autores Dejeron with Los Nivelles de Redondez and Cite Paisses, Suchia Denamarca, Cayeron.
“The work of the European Union has been seen incapacitated until now, which means that, unfortunately, the circular transmission has almost stopped in the European countries,” said Anime Turtelbaum, member of the Economic Commission for Africa.
