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EU clamps down on food waste, fast fashion
New EU law mandates 30% cut in household food waste and extended producer responsibilities for textiles, targeting 12.6 million tonnes of annual textile waste across member states.
- The EU aims to reduce per-person food waste of 130 kg per year by 30% for households, retailers and restaurants, and by 10% for food processing and manufacturing by 2030.
- The new EU law creates obligations for the textile industry, requiring producers to pay for collecting, sorting and recycling clothing and other textiles, as less than 1% of textiles are currently recycled worldwide.
- To counter the impact of ultra low-cost fashion imports like from Shein, the EU proposes a €2 flat import fee per small parcel, of which 4.6 billion entered the bloc last year, 91% from China.
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In the future, stricter rules will apply in the European Union against food and textile waste.
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In Europe, tons of food and clothing are thrown away every year, and new EU-wide regulations are designed to help reduce waste.
·Germany
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The European Parliament plenary on Tuesday gave a green light to the agreement reached between negotiators from the European Parliament and the Council to reduce food waste in supermarkets, restaurants and households in the Union by 30% by 2030; a timetable for which the countries of the bloc will now have 20 months from the entry into force of the new rule to transpose it into their national legislation.
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