Some leading European brands have launched the Association of Textile Waste Management in Spain as the EU law 7/2022 dated April 8, 2022, relating to the sustainable reuse of textile waste came into force on January 1.
Those brands that joined forces in this regard include H&M, Ikea, Inditex, Mango, Kiabi, Decathlon, and Tendam. The newly formed group would ensure compliance with the law through an extended producer responsibility system for the apparel and footwear they generate in Spain. The association would find out ways for the cost-effective post-consumer recycling of textile waste according to the spirit of its circular economy.
The association has been listed as a non-profit organization in Spain’s National Registry of Associations. It was inaugurated in early January at the Museo del Traje in Madrid. Mango assumed the first presidency of the group. It will be rotated on an annual basis among all members of the founding group.
Law 7/2022 of April 8, 2022, creates an excise tax on non-reusable plastic packaging and a tax on waste sent to landfill, incineration, and co-incineration, which will come into force on January 1, 2023. In Spain, it imposes an obligation on local authorities to charge a fee in relation to waste treatment, modifies the rules on the charge for the use of inland water for electricity generation, and adds amendments to the VAT rules for gifts of products.
