Europeans buy and ignore clothes, shoes and other textiles more than everA report issued by the European Environment Agency (EEA) that installs political and industrial decision makers and consumers to play their role to help the European Union to stay away from the direction of “fast fashion” and betting on the production of high -quality fabrics and more permanent, designed to continue for a longer period and recycle and recycle.
In light of the study, the “circular of the European Union’s fabric value chain in numbers” is called, The average European citizen bought 19 kilograms (kg) of clothes, shoes or textiles for the house in 2022, or more than 17 kg estimated in 2019 – This is, to have a visual idea, they will be sufficient to fill a large bag for every year. In concrete: of 19 kg, 8 kilograms of clothing, 7 kg of home textiles and 4 kg are compatible with shoes.
This “fashion” has a number of effects, resulting from the use of materials, water and soil, through the production of greenhouse gases or chemicals and microscopic emissions, indicating that it is from a world of 12 consumption in European homes (such as food, transportation, health or education), textiles appear on average, such as average, as they appear on average, such as. Fifth is larger in terms of pressure on the environment and climate.
In 2022, the European Union member states established about 6.94 million tons of fabric waste, which led to 16 kg per person significantly.It has been a relatively stable amount since 2016, according to EA analysis.
Although the average group of fabric waste in the European Union has risen slowly, with 4.3 percentage points since 2016, from the global side, the rate is still low. In 2022, 85 % of European textile residue was not separately collected separately Instead, they were mixed with household waste, moving to waste or burning burials, and therefore cannot be reused or recycled.
Now, in this field, with Since January 1, 2025, from European guidance This requires the collection of selective textile waste, and EEA says it must grow a large rate.
According to the data collected by EEA, The quantity and share of the tissue waste sent to the landfill in Europe decreased – From 21 % in 2010 to 12 %, and 2022 – but The size of the burning is increased 10 % for 14 %.
Since 2000, the export of used textiles has doubled almost three times, from more than 550,000 tons in 2000 to 1.4 million in 2019. Since then, the agency says, the size has been relatively fixed, with 1.4 million tons was sent abroad by 2023.
Although the exports of textiles used in the European Union aim to reuse or recycle, EEA indicates that there are studies that show that the articles come in a very complex circle, from examination, with combustion or maintenance in nature in African and Asian countries.
