Deadline for EU Countries to Set Up Textile Recycling Schemes
Parlement européen - Europees Parlement, Rue de Trèves - Trierstraat, Quartier Léopold - Leopoldswijk, Ixelles - Elsene, Brussel-Hoofdstad - Bruxelles-Capitale, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale - Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, 1047, België / Belgique / Belgien
European Union
SCHEDULEDDate confidence: SCHEDULEDGiven as scheduledHow firmly the source words the date: confirmed, scheduled, estimated, delayed or unverified.Show all SCHEDULED pins75% CONFIDENCEOverall confidence: 75%How well the pin's source and references back up its dates.Weighted average of how firmly 1 reference, the source included, supports the pin's start and end times; a reference counts half as much for every 180 days older than the newestShow all pins at 75% confidence or betterin 1.5 yearsEuropean Commission: the revised Waste Framework Directive 'enters into force today (16 Oct)' 2025, and 'Member States will have 20 months to transpose the revised Directive into national laws and 30 months to establish EPR schemes for textile and footwear products' - 30 months from 16 October 2025 is 16 April 2028.[1]
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.
