Brussels, 26 January 2025 – Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is a key part of the EU’s circular economy policy. It ensures that producers take responsibility for the end-of-life management of the products they place on the market. In recent years, however, several Member States have started to introduce State-run Producer Responsibility Organisations (PROs). This trend…
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Brussels, 8 December 2025 – A coalition of European and sectoral associations published a joint statement expressing concern about the early national transposition of Directive (EU) 2025/1892 (the revision of the Waste Framework Directive introducing an Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) scheme for textiles and footwear). The signatories warn that personal protective equipment (PPE) and medical…
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Textile PRO Forum Holds Its Third In-Person Plenary Meeting of 2025 in Prague Prague, 27 November 2025 – The Textile PRO Forum convened for its third in-person meeting, bringing together 34 delegates out of the 23 participating organisations across Europe to advance the harmonisation of EPR in the textile sector. The participants marked the value…
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Brussels, 20/11/2025 – EURATEX – the European Apparel and Textile Confederation – is delighted to announce its official partnership with the Textiles Recycling Expo 2026, taking place on 24–25 June 2026 at Brussels Expo, Belgium. Following its successful participation as part of the Industry Alliance Hub at the 2025 launch edition, EURATEX now strengthens its…
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6 November 2025 – EURATEX has co-signed a joint statement with major European and international business organisations — including amfori, DIGITALEUROPE, EuroCommerce, FoodDrinkEurope, and others — calling on EU policymakers to ensure legal certainty and simplification in the finalisation of the Omnibus I package. The statement supports the European Parliament’s compromise proposal on the Corporate…
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Brussels, 6 November 2025 – EURATEX, representing Europe’s textile and clothing industry with over 200,000 companies and 1.3 million workers, has submitted its official position paper to the European Commission’s consultation on the upcoming Circular Economy Act (CEA). The association welcomes the Commission’s initiative to shape a framework that strengthens Europe’s circular economy while maintaining…
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Brussels, 13 October 2025 – EURATEX, the voice of Europe’s textile and clothing industry, calls on the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) to conduct a sector-specific evaluation of technical textiles in the ongoing UPFAS restriction process. ECHA recently added eight new sectors to its background document but decided against separate evaluations for each. EURATEX warns this…
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Brussels, 10th September – Europe’s circular economy in textiles and apparel is facing a daunting challenge. Increasing volumes of discarded textiles, fragile collection systems, and the flood of ultra-fast fashion are intensifying a crisis of overproduction, waste, and lost value. Despite advances in recycling technology, very few textiles today are recycled back into new textiles,…
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Brussels, September 2025 – The Circular Garment, flagship symbol of European textile innovation and interregional collaboration, will be unveiled to the public together with the “making of” documentary and backbone document at the Circular Textile Days in Den Bosch, the Netherlands, on 10–11 September. Developed under the RegioGreenTex project, coordinated by EURATEX, the Circular Garment…
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Brussels, 9th July 2025 – ReHubs is leading systemic change across the textile and apparel industry, bringing together key stakeholders to achieve ambitious circularity goals through aligned efforts in infrastructure, policy, and finance. Since its inception, ReHubs has been the catalyst and engine for transforming Europe’s textile and apparel recycling landscape. The industry is undergoing…
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