Tagged “textiles”
Fashion's Recycled Polyester Is 97% Bottles. Europe Has Promised Those Bottles to Someone Else.
Almost all the recycled polyester in clothing comes from PET drink bottles, not from old clothes. From 2030 the EU requires beverage bottles to contain 30% recycled plastic, rising to 65% by 2040. Both industries need the same flake.
Europe Banned Destroying Unsold Clothes in July. The Test We Proposed Can't Be Run.
The ESPR destruction ban took effect for large companies on 19 July 2026. We said to watch whether deadstock volumes arriving in Accra fall. Three months on, there is no measurement capable of answering that.
Europe Made Textile Collection Mandatory. The Collectors Are Going Bust.
Separate collection of textiles became compulsory across the EU in January 2025. Fibre-to-fibre recycling is still below 1%, major collectors have filed for insolvency, and the EEA expects the main effect to be more exports.