An EU law coming into force this year that I only just learnt about:

“a formal ban on destroying unsold apparel, clothing accessories and footwear will apply to large companies starting 19 July 2026. Medium-sized companies will follow in 2030”

The reason why it’s needed: “Each year in Europe, an estimated 4 to 9 percent of unsold textiles are destroyed before ever reaching consumers.”

Absolutely insane statistic.

https://esgnews.com/eu-moves-to-ban-destruction-of-unsold-clothing-under-new-circular-economy-rules/

#fashion #circulareconomy #eu

@urlyman And funnily enough, contrary to the experiences many others report, I get far more engagement here than on Bluesky. I somehow have built up 3x the followers here.

I suspect it’s to do with the use here of hashtags here; they’re very egalitarian, anybody can use them, and strangers can find each others’ posts on the specific interest they share.

Whereas on Bluesky people are I think using feeds a lot, and I guess my posts aren’t hitting those.

@urlyman I reckon if she made the same analysis now, she’d get very different results on Bluesky. Plenty of trolls on there now, some of them I suspect are bots.