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VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days ago

EU to ban destruction of unsold clothes and shoes from 19 July 2026

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VetOfTheSeas@discuss.online to Uplifting News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 days ago
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EU to ban destruction of unsold clothes and shoes from 19 July 2026 (@theworldaroundme)
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Image Credit: EuroNews The EU is set to forbid brands from destroying clothes and shoes, starting on...
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    So they are going to be shipped abroad to get destroyed?

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      It’ll get more expensive so were just have to keep removing the incentive structures to destroy

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        Landfills?

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          I had a talk about my mayor about investing on incineration as both an energy source and a trash management. So they’d throw those clothes to be burned onto electricity next day

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      You mean like how every time there’s a sports championship the losing team’s merch ends up in Africa somewhere?

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        At least they get worn.

        They just need to get the people that receive them hooked up with EBay to sell them to collectors. That would probably help economically…. Or something

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        Or “recycling” plastic waste sent overseas. Out of sight, out of mind. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/30/germany-largest-exporter-plastic-waste-2025

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      Nah, just pay a set of middlemen to handle them until they all mysteriously vanish.

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