The EU Waste Framework Directive lays down some basic waste management principles. It requires that waste be managed:

• without endangering human health and harming the environment
• without risk to water, air, soil, plants or animals
• without causing a nuisance through noise or odours
• and without adversely affecting the countryside or places of special interest

In 2023, there was an amendment to the Directive that specifically targeted “textile waste” with the  introduction of mandatory and harmonised Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) schemes for textiles in all EU Member States.  

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