France wants to introduce a bonus system to encourage more sustainable practices in the textile industry, on the occasion of a new six-year roadmap for the sector, the government announced on Wednesday.

Representatives of industrialists, the public or even NGOs will be brought together for a "major consultation" for a month with a view to the publication of a decree in November, then of a new roadmap from 2023 and for six years, we explained in the entourage of Bérangère Couillard, Secretary of State in charge of Ecology and Roland Lescure, Minister Delegate in charge of Industry.

It is a question of reforming the so-called extended producer responsibility (REP) sector in the textile, household linen and footwear sector, which has existed since 2009.

“Ambitious and new” measures

The government is proposing five avenues: bonuses for more virtuous products, reducing the cost of repairing textiles, developing new solutions for the collection of used textiles, financing the sorting and repair of textiles and setting up a French recycling sector. non-reusable textiles.

These are “ambitious and new” measures intended to “get the whole industry on board”, we are assured in the entourage of the ministers.

The sums at stake reach "600 million over six years to promote repair, reuse, recycling and also 350 million to benefit eco-designed products via bonuses".

This bonus must be used to “finance companies that are moving towards ecological transition and will put eco-designed products on the table”, we explained.

"The textile sector is one of the most polluting industries in the world"

"The contributions paid by producers to eco-organizations to finance all their obligations in terms of waste prevention and management are modulated with bonuses according to the environmental performance of the products they put on the market", explains the government.

This will favor producers of textiles benefiting from an environmental label and incorporating recycled materials or materials designed to last longer.

“The textile sector is one of the most polluting industries in the world.

This industry consumes water, energy and pesticides, and emits a lot of carbon, ”said Bérangère Couillard, Secretary of State for Ecology, in a press release to explain her approach.

In France, 230,000 tonnes of used textiles are collected from individuals each year.

450,000 tonnes, the equivalent of 45 Eiffel Towers, are not collected and end up in landfill or incineration, according to government figures.

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