German recyclers call for bridging aid

LONDON – The German Federal Association for Secondary Raw Materials and Waste Management (bvse) has issued a call to state environmental and economic ministries, demanding an immediate bridging subsidy of at least five cents per kilogram of collected used textiles.

Without it, the association warns that the country’s collection and sorting infrastructure faces widespread collapse well before the European Union’s Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) mandates take effect.