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California lawmakers have just signed the Responsi

California lawmakers have just signed the Responsible Textile Recovery Act, which will make clothing and textile producers responsible for collecting, repairing and recycling the products they make.

It's a landmark piece of legislation that puts the onus to get clothes recycled firmly on the companies making them, rather than the customers who buy them. According to the California Product Stewardship Counsil (@calpsc), textiles are the fastest-growing category of residential and commercial waste in California. Textiles can be tough to process in recycling facilities. Much of the discarded textiles end up in landfills around the world.

The bill acts as a way for the state to process its own waste rather than sending it to places in the Global South, where it piles up and creates pollution.

According to the bill's author, State Senator Josh Newman, approximately 1.2 million tonnes of textiles were thrown away in California in 2021, despite 95% of the clothes being reusable or recyclable.

By putting the ownership of the waste on to the companies, Newman hopes to curb the throwaway culture currently set up by the fashion industry. The hope is that resale and repair markets will be more prevalent, making it easier to extend the life of clothes, instead of just using them and throwing them away.

Clothing brands will also have to redesign their clothes to allow easy dismantling for repair programs and longevity for easy resale.

It’s a little while yet before the measures will take effect: the program is set to begin in July 2030. The first of its kind within the US, the bill’s authors hope there will be a global front to tackle the rapidly growing issue.

Image of clothes and textiles washed up buried on a beach in Accra, Ghana taken by @aliciaminnaard / @fixingfashion.community
Reposted from @imagine5_official

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