EU agreement on waste prevention provide • Table.Briefings

Tackling mountains of clothing waste: The EU Parliament and the member states have agreed on stricter rules to prevent textile and food waste.

With the Waste Framework Directive, the member states and the EU Parliament have agreed to reduce food waste by ten percent. Per capita waste from retail and households is to be reduced by 30 percent. Textile manufacturers are to be held more accountable.

The EU Parliament and the member states reached a provisional agreement on the details of the Waste Framework Directive on Wednesday night. Textile and food waste is to be reduced by 2030 and manufacturers are to bear more responsibility. The EU Commission proposed the corresponding revision of the Waste Framework Directive in summer 2023. The aim is to halve the amount of non-recycled municipal waste in the EU by 2030, i.e. waste from private households, similar facilities such as residential homes and household-type waste from industry.

EU agreement on waste prevention provides for greater responsibility of the textile industry

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