A practical mini-guide for the fashion industry preparing for the biggest regulatory shift in textiles to date.
Europe’s new Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) rules will reshape how every fashion business designs, sells, collects and manages the end-of-life of textile products. With mandatory schemes rolling out across all 27 Member States and the first deadlines already in motion, the time to prepare is now.
This report breaks the legislation down into clear, actionable guidance - making sense of what’s coming, what it will cost, and what fashion businesses must do to stay compliant.
What's included in the report:
- The EU textiles' waste problem in numbers
- What EPR really means and who it applies to
- How national EPR schemes will operate
- A timeline of EU deadlines
- Your 2026 EPR readiness checklist
