The plan also calls for both the European Union (EU) and national measures to end the prevalence of ‘fast fashion’—a term used to describe the rapid production of large quantities of clothing. .
The EU Parliament has called for an end to ‘fast fashion’, calling on the commission and EU countries to promote sustainable and ethical consumption choices. They adopted recommendations for a sustainable textile strategy, advocating for the durability, reuse, repair and recycling of textile products. MEPs require a ban on inventory destruction and returns.
Members of the European Parliament (MEP) are calling for future European Union (EU) legislation to include concrete measures to address these issues. They believe consumers should have more access to information to make sustainable choices and are calling for a ban on the destruction of unsold and returned textiles as part of an upcoming revision of the regulation. on eco-design.
MEPs want clear rules to prevent ‘green washing’ by manufacturers, which is the practice of making false claims about the environmental benefits of a product or service. This request comes amid ongoing legislative work related to consumer empowerment in the green transition and regulation of green claims.
MEPs also want the upcoming revision of the Waste Framework Directive to include specific separate goals for the prevention, collection, reuse and recycling of textile waste. They called on the European Commission to launch an initiative to prevent and reduce the release of microplastics and microfibers into the environment without further delay.
Rapporteur Delara Burkhardt said: “Consumers alone cannot reform the global textile industry through their buying habits. If we let the market regulate itself, we will leave the door open for the fast fashion model to be exploited. people and resources of the planet The EU must legally make manufacturers and major fashion companies operate more sustainably.
“People and the planet are more important than the profits of the textile industry. Disasters have occurred in the past, such as the Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh, increased textile landfills in Ghana and Nepal, contaminated water and microplastics in our oceans. , shows what happens when we don’t follow this principle. We’ve waited long enough; It’s time for a change!”
Fiber2Fashion (DP) News Desk
