EU bans the destruction of unsold apparel, clothing, accessories and footwear
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EU bans the destruction of unsold apparel, clothing, accessories and footwear
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Re: EU bans the destruction of unsold apparel, clothing, accessories and footwear
#2Can they ship it outside the EU and then destroy it? What happens if truly nobody wants those clothes? Why not just put a carbon tax per weight?
Re: EU bans the destruction of unsold apparel, clothing, accessories and footwear
#3Can they ship it outside the EU and then destroy it? What happens if truly nobody wants those clothes? Why not just put a carbon tax per weight?
>What happens if truly nobody wants those clothes
In theory companies would eventually be forced to produce less items nobody wants, although this is just an additional incentive in that natural process.
Re: EU bans the destruction of unsold apparel, clothing, accessories and footwear
#4Can they ship it outside the EU and then destroy it? What happens if truly nobody wants those clothes? Why not just put a carbon tax per weight?
Maybe donate it to poor countries?
When I used to work for the biggest ecommerce in europe, we had various stages for clothes. The last stage was selling the clothes by kilo to companies.
Re: EU bans the destruction of unsold apparel, clothing, accessories and footwear
#5considering H&M (Sweden), Zara (Spain), C&A (Netherlands) etc.. have lead the way into the clothes-that-self-destructs-in-a-year fashion, it was about time europeans did something about clothing waste, well done.
Re: EU bans the destruction of unsold apparel, clothing, accessories and footwear
#6Seems bizarre. It's not like companies didn't want to sell it--they'd prefer to have the revenue. This is just kicking them then while they're down. I wonder if it will reduce risk-taking since it increases the downside of launching an unpopular product.
Re: EU bans the destruction of unsold apparel, clothing, accessories and footwear
#7Can they ship it outside the EU and then destroy it? What happens if truly nobody wants those clothes? Why not just put a carbon tax per weight?
>What happens if truly nobody wants those clothes In theory companies would eventually be forced to produce less items nobody wants, although this is just an additional incentive in that natural process.
That doesn't really make sense, losing your whole investment is already a strong incentive to not produce something you can't sell.
Re: EU bans the destruction of unsold apparel, clothing, accessories and footwear
#8Can they ship it outside the EU and then destroy it? What happens if truly nobody wants those clothes? Why not just put a carbon tax per weight?
if you read the article...
Instead of discarding stock, companies are encouraged to manage their stock more effectively, handle returns, and explore alternatives such as resale, remanufacturing, donations, or reuse.
I guess remanufacturing/reuse might be the intended solution if it's absolutely not to be worn.
Re: EU bans the destruction of unsold apparel, clothing, accessories and footwear
#9Can they ship it outside the EU and then destroy it? What happens if truly nobody wants those clothes? Why not just put a carbon tax per weight?
They should pay people to wear them.
Re: EU bans the destruction of unsold apparel, clothing, accessories and footwear
#10Can they ship it outside the EU and then destroy it? What happens if truly nobody wants those clothes? Why not just put a carbon tax per weight?
European politicians will wear the clothes nobody wants so they can be decommissioned lawfully.