Producer responsibility for textiles

– a matter of time before obligations will come

Producer responsibility for packaging

What it means for your business

Producer responsibility for textiles is on the way

Producer responsibility for textiles has already been implemented in France and the Netherlands. Several countries are in the process of preparations and implementation, and in a few years it will be an EU legal requirement to have producer responsibility for clothing and textiles.

ERP is already established with a collective scheme for textiles in the Netherlands and will of course also be a collective scheme for clothing and textiles in Denmark when producer responsibility comes.

Legislation for producer responsibility on clothing and textiles will soon be in force worldwide. To meet all the requirements, you need innovative solutions and a partner with international presence, experience and know-how. A partner like the European Recycling Platform that covers all producer responsibility streams.

The Purpose with the extended producer responsibility is to

Reduce the need for virgin resources

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Increase real reuse and recycling of textiles

Force companies to re-design to more circular designs

If you manufacture, import, sell textile products in Denmark, you can prepare yourself to have a legal obligation to comply with the EPR rules:

  • Administrative and legal responsibility (documentation requirements, reporting, registering and labelling).
  • Economic responsibility (companies to finance costs for logistics, sorting, recycling, registration).
  • Practical/physical (sorting, collecting, recycling).

We help you all the way!

With our extensive know-how and people close to influencers and legislators in the EU, we follow developments closely.

As soon as concrete information comes from the EU and the Danish authorities, we are ready to advise and guide you in handling producer responsibility from A-Z in textiles.

With European Recycling Platform you are in safe hands:

  • Existing collective scheme in DK within WEEE and Batteries since 2005
  • Many years of experience with producer responsibility for packaging in other countries
  • Largest global network of experts under one roof in producer responsibility
  • One contact person across countries for all your producer responsibilities (WEEE, batteries, packaging, SUP, fishing gear, textiles)
  • Strong and solid owner (Landbell Group) with global coverage
  • Large scale, which ensures efficiency in administrative and practical waste treatment, where the recycling rate is high and as much product and packaging as possible is reused.
  • Cooperation exclusively with approved partners (logistics, reuse, recycling)

Make it easy and simple

As a collective scheme, European Recycling Platform (ERP) handles producer responsibility on your behalf, so you can concentrate on your core business.

Recycling Process

  1. Collection
  2. Separation
  3. Decoating (if coated)
  4. Melting
  5. Casting
  6. Manufacture

Recycling Process

  1. Collection
  2. Treatment (including sorting, cleaning and decontamination)
  3. Crushing and melting
  4. Manufacture

Recycling Process

  1. Collection
  2. Processing (including de-inking, cleaning and screening)
  3. Manufacture

Recycling Process

  1. Collection
  2. Compacting
  3. Melting
  4. Casting
  5. Rolling
  6. Manufacture

Recycling Process

  1. Collection
  2. Sorting and separation
  3. Shredding
  4. Treatment
  5. Manufacture

Recycling Process

  1. Collection
  2. Segregation
  3. Decontamination
  4. Production
  5. Final products

Simplification and efficiency. We have one point of contact across EMEA. The learnings from one market can be applied to other markets. It’s a benefit to have a common approach, a centralised point of contact which brings efficiency and cost savings.

Ramon Teixido
WW TBO Transformation Strategist, HP Inc.