Transposing textiles EPR: the EU state of play in 2025

This publication presents the current state of play of national transpositions of textiles Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) across the EU, as of November 2025. The case studies of established systems in France and the Netherlands are included, as well as examples of other developing EPR systems across Greece, Hungary, Latvia and Spain. This overview should serve as informative for relevant actors and interested audiences.

Textiles EPR is one proposed solution to embed polluter-pays regulations and support stakeholders across the sector who deal with discarded textiles at various points, such as municipalities, waste managers, sorters, reuse operators, social enterprises, repairers and others. Focusing on setting up ambitious national textiles EPR systems across Member States is as timely as ever, due to the ongoing crisis of the reuse sector that deals with growing volumes of donated textiles and a gap in mandatory transposition of textiles EPR.

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