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Governor Gavin Newsom signed SB 707, the Responsible Textile Recovery Act of 2024, making California the first US state to require clothing and textile makers to fund the collection, repair and recycling of their products.

New European Union rules under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation banned large companies from destroying unsold apparel, clothing accessories and footwear, aiming to cut the 4-9% of unsold European textiles estimated to be destroyed each year.

EU member states must have mandatory extended-producer-responsibility schemes for textiles and footwear running by 16 April 2028, 30 months after the revised Waste Framework Directive entered into force. The schemes make clothing and footwear makers fund the collection, sorting and recycling of textile waste.

SB 707, California's landmark textile extended-producer-responsibility law, requires its Producer Responsibility Organization to have a fully approved collection-and-recycling plan running statewide by July 1, 2030.