Recycling has finally reached the fashion world, a major consumer of natural resources. Seven multinational clothing companies have come together in the industry’s first Collective Extended Producer Responsibility System (SCRAP) to give “collective support” to textile recycling in Spain. lightweight containers, or Ecovidrio, in an attempt to mimic Ecoembes platforms for glass.
The recently established Textile Waste Management Association (AGRT) is supported by companies. Decathlon, H&M, IKEA, Inditex, Kiabi, Mango and Tendam According to the joint statement made in the Costume Museum, which is affiliated to the Ministry of Culture and Sports, it became official with the signature of the relevant representatives these days.
The new organization aims to comply with the so-called Extended Producer Responsibility. Requires separate collection of textile waste by local authorities before 31 December 2024According to the new Waste Law in Spain implementing the European directive 2008/98/CE.
The Ministry of Ecological Transition has a period of three years from the enactment of the law. Developing regulations to mandate the separate management of the textile waste stream. Currently, there is no legally established channel that guarantees the recycling of obsolete clothing.
The companies that make up AGRT have included it in the National Registry of Societies and are already working on “the operational, financial and data model of this new SCRAP,” which will be initially chaired by Mango but will be subject to rotation, according to the statement. each year the Board of Directors of the Enterprise consists of a representative of each of the companies.
The beginning of this organization It will allow the management of waste in the sector in the same way as its counterparts established in other areas.Recyclia platform, which brings together three SCRAPs responsible for electrical and electronic waste, Ecoembes for light containers or Ecovidrio for glass containers.
This The accumulation of unused clothing creates an ecological problem resulting from the overproduction of clothing.A phenomenon known as fast fashion, a needless phenomenon that creates a compelling buying spiral from year to year. Many organizations called for an end to this excess production of clothing, which consumes large natural resources, especially water, without meeting objective needs.
Through the selective collection of used clothing, it will be possible to create new clothing without depleting certain products, materials and resources.
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