WASHINGTON DC– New legislation is needed to address the mountain of textile waste generated by the fashion industry, according to a new report from the American Circular Textiles (ACT) coalition.
Specifically, the report calls for existing extended producer responsibility (EPR) laws to be amended to include textiles and reuse, or that a separate textile-specific EPR law is enacted to include textile reuse in addition to textile recycling.
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