The European Parliament announced the adoption by lawmakers of a series of new rules aimed at preventing and reducing textile and food waste in the EU, including measures requiring textile producers to cover the cost of collecting, sorting and recycling their products.
The announcement marks the last major legislative step in the revision of the EU’s Waste Framework Directive, following the adoption of the rules earlier this year by the European Council.
The European Commission initially proposed revising the directive in 2023, to address waste in the food and textile sectors, which are two of the top resource intensive sectors causing significant negative environmental ext…
