Waste Framework Directive: vote postponed

The European Parliament has postponed the Plenary vote on the revised Waste Framework Directive (WFD) to October 2025, significantly later than expected.

The vote had originally been anticipated before the summer recess, as a provisional agreement on the WFD had already been reached in February 2025 and confirmed by both the Council and the European Parliament’s Environment Committee in March.

The delay also pushes back the timeline for implementing extended producer responsibility (EPR) schemes for textiles, clothing and footwear – one of the key elements of the WFD revision.

Under the current provisional schedule, if the Directive enters into force in November 2025, Member States would have until May 2028 to introduce textile EPR schemes.

The postponement jeopardises timely implementation of textiles EPR, prolongs uncertainty for industry and risks destabilising an already fragile textile waste management ecosystem.

Landbell Group has called on Parliament to restore the July vote, outlining its reasons in a position paper that it issued in May.

Landbell Group’s CEO, Jan Patrick Schulz also urged Parliament to bring the vote forward (see CEO Corner here).

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