The Dirty Truth About Donated Clothes and Where They Go

A new study shows donated clothes often overwhelm charities and are exported abroad. Cutting textile waste requires sufficiency, local systems, and repair.

Reconomy: Unworn Clothing as Hidden Driver of Textile Waste

Reconomy research finds unworn clothes create waste nearly matching discarded items. It urges aligned rules, data, takeback systems and recycling investment.

Fashion for Good Unveils Plan to Scale EU Textile Recycling

Fashion for Good started Project FAE to build Europe’s sorting and pre-processing hubs, turning post-consumer textiles into reliable feedstock for T2T recycling

UK Shoppers Respond Only When EPR Fees Exceed 50p: Study

WEFT and Manchester Met found visible EPR charges must exceed 50p per garment to shift UK choices. Shoppers often trade up for lower fees rather than spend less

EU Opens €10m Fund to Scale Textile Repair and Reuse

The European Commission opened a €10m CCRI call to scale textile reuse and repair, backing local sorting, digital tools and systems that extend lifespans.