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EU Parliament Backs Binding Food-Waste Cuts and Producer Responsibility for Textiles

Member states now must design collection and fee schemes that make durability pay, shifting costs off taxpayers.

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Das EU-Parlament hat grünes Licht für ein Gesetz gegeben, dass die Reduzierung von Lebensmittel- und Textilabfällen zum Ziel hat.
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Overview

  • The European Parliament approved an update to the Waste Framework Directive that sets 2030 food-waste reduction targets and introduces extended producer responsibility for textiles, with formal Council sign-off and publication still pending.
  • By end-2030, food waste must fall 10% in processing and manufacturing and 30% in retail, food services and households, measured against the 2021–2023 average, with each country free to choose how to meet the goals.
  • Textile producers and importers, including non‑EU online platforms, will fund collection, sorting, recycling and disposal for items such as clothing, shoes, bed linen, curtains, hats and kitchen textiles, with optional inclusion of mattresses.
  • Member states may modulate fees based on product durability to discourage throwaway fast fashion, and small companies are given an extra 12 months to comply after national systems are in place.
  • Reports differ on the national transposition period—20 months after publication versus 30 months after entry into force—while a 2029 review will consider additional textile targets or new sorting obligations as collectors warn about current capacity and financing strains.