{"id":119942,"date":"2026-01-24T14:38:36","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T13:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/?p=119942"},"modified":"2026-04-02T12:24:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T10:24:42","slug":"chemicals-wg-meeting-10-11october-brussels-online-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3-2-3-2-6-5-2-2-2-3-4-2-2-2-3-6-2-5-5-3-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/hu\/secon-hand-sector-thrive-within-european-textiles-epr\/","title":{"rendered":"How can the second-hand sector thrive within European textiles EPR? &#8211; 15 April 2026 &#8211; Brussels"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Context:<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The exponential growth of fast and ultra-fast fashion has led to unmanageable textile waste, with 16 kg of textile waste generated per person annually in the EU. As the mandatory separate collection of textiles rolls out, municipalities, social enterprises, and other reuse operators are overwhelmed, and 73% of EU textiles still end up landfilled or incinerated. The revised Waste Framework Directive presents a unique opportunity to implement EPR schemes that truly support the textile reuse sector in the EU and beyond.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Why attend?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>Hear from MEPs, municipalities, social enterprises, and experts on how well-designed EPR schemes for textiles can and should look.<\/li>\n<li>Discuss policy opportunities, including the Circular Economy Act, and ways forward for fast and ambitious implementation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Agenda outline:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<li>Welcoming remarks: MEP Saskia Bricmont<\/li>\n<li>Setting the scene: RREUSE on the current crisis and the role of EPR<\/li>\n<li>Roundtable: Perspectives from social enterprises, municipalities, Member States, the European Environmental Bureau, and Zero Waste Europe<\/li>\n<li>Concluding remarks: MEP Delara Burkhardt<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<p><strong>How to join?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The event will take place at the European Parliament as well as online. Due to limited room capacity, we invite you to join us online on 15 April 2026, 12:30 &#8211; 14 CEST, using <a id=\"menur5tq\" class=\"fui-Link ___1q1shib f2hkw1w f3rmtva f1ewtqcl fyind8e f1k6fduh f1w7gpdv fk6fouc fjoy568 figsok6 f1s184ao f1mk8lai fnbmjn9 f1o700av f13mvf36 f1cmlufx f9n3di6 f1ids18y f1tx3yz7 f1deo86v f1eh06m1 f1iescvh fhgqx19 f1olyrje f1p93eir f1nev41a f1h8hb77 f1lqvz6u f10aw75t fsle3fq f17ae5zn\" title=\"https:\/\/europarl.webex.com\/europarl\/j.php?mtid=m2fb9af75597719e6c4ff3ebc8340a5a4\" href=\"https:\/\/europarl.webex.com\/europarl\/j.php?MTID=m2fb9af75597719e6c4ff3ebc8340a5a4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Link this link\">this link<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Context: The exponential growth of fast and ultra-fast fashion has led to unmanageable textile waste, with 16 kg of textile waste generated per person annually in<span class=\"excerpt-hellip\"> [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"author":46,"featured_media":119943,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[194],"tags":[196],"class_list":["post-119942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-current","tag-events"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/medyamen2-factory-3751275.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/hu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119942","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/hu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/hu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/hu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/46"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/hu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119942"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/hu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119942\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/hu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/119943"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/hu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119942"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/hu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119942"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/hu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119942"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}