From waste to wealth: Europe’s textile opportunity
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Mon, 21 September 2026
1 report- Politico Europe03:00first to report
With textiles now firmly part of Europe’s circular economy agenda, the EU must seize the opportunity to turn textile waste from a liability into a strategic resource.
Sun, 27 September 2026
1 report- ABC (Spain)23:03
La industria textil y del calzado española no termina de hilvanar el patrón de la sostenibilidad. El sector afronta una profunda transformación de su modelo de negocio con nuevas normas que llegan de Europa y con un Real Decreto, que ultima el Gobierno español, para poner freno a las cerca de 900.000 toneladas de residuos textiles (unos 20 kilos de ropa por persona, muy por encima de la media europea, fijada en 16 kilos) que generamos cada año. A la espera de que el texto nacional se apruebe...
Mon, 28 September 2026
1 report- Politico Europe15:00
As ultra-fast fashion has gotten cheaper, textiles have become disposable to many Europeans. The average EU consumer purchased 95 articles of textiles last year — an increase of 12 percent since 2019. Europe now discards about 9 million tons of polyester textiles annually. That’s the weight of roughly 900 Eiffel Towers. Those unwanted clothes could […]