Brussels, 9 September 2025 

The European Parliament gave its final green light today to new measures tackling waste, including the introduction of Extended Producer Responsibility for textiles across Europe. With the revised Waste Framework Directive, producers will be required to cover the costs of collecting, sorting, and recycling textile apparel and footwear waste.

Together with our partners – European Branded Clothing Association, EuroCommerce, EURATEX – European Apparel and Textile Confederation, and EuRIC – The European Recycling Industries – FESI welcomes this vote.

See our joint statement here.

About FESI: Founded in 1960 FESI – the Federation of the European Sporting Goods Industry represents the interests of approximately 1.800 sporting goods manufacturers (85% of the European market) through its National Sporting Goods Industry Federations and its directly affiliated member companies. 70-75% of FESI’s membership is made up of Small and Medium Sized Enterprises. In total, the European Sporting Goods Industry employs over 700.000 EU citizens and has an annual turnover of some 81 billion euro.

Contact: Ariane Gatti, FESI Senior Communication & Policy Manager / [email protected]  / +32 274 08 94