Fast fashion firms prepare for EU crackdown on waste mountain

Source: https://today.thefinancialexpress.com.bd/trade-market/fast-fashion-firms-prepare-for-eu-crackdown-on-waste-mountain-1693590160

Author: The Financial Express

BARCELONA/LONDON, Sept 1 (Reuters): In a warehouse on the outskirts of Barcelona, women stand at conveyor belts, manually sorting T-shirts, jeans and dresses from large bales of used clothing - a small step towards tackling Europe's towering problem of discarded fashion. Within a year, the sorting centre run by garment re-use and recycling charity Moda Re plans to double the volume it handles to 40,000 metric tonnes annually. "This is just the beginning," said Albert Alberich, director of Moda Re, which is a part of Spanish charity Caritas and runs Spain's biggest second-hand clothing chain.