The European Commission today (Feb 9) adopted new measures under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) to prevent the destruction of unsold apparel, clothing, accessories and footwear.
The European Commission today (Feb 9) adopted new measures under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR) to prevent the destruction of unsold apparel, clothing, accessories and footwear.
It would likely be that the clothes have to be sold as is. What will then happen is that the clothes get sold for essentially scrap to a country that will shred the clothes. Either that, or these clothes will be sold next to shirts celebrating the 2026 New England Patriots for winning the Super Bowl.