Circular Economy and Waste in the Fashion Industry

Valentina Jacometti
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Valentina Jacometti: Department of Law, Economics and Culture, Università degli Studi dell’Insubria, Via S. Abbondio 12, 22100 Como, Italy

Laws, 2019, vol. 8, issue 4, 1-13

Abstract: The fashion industry has to play an important role in the path towards sustainability and the circular economy. Indeed, the fashion industry is a sector with a high environmental impact; it involves a very long and complicated supply chain, which is associated with large consumption of water and energy, use of chemical substances, water and air pollution, waste production and finally microplastic generation. In particular, textiles and clothing waste has become a huge global concern. Against this background, this paper aims at analysing the existing EU measures that have an impact on the development of sustainable practices and the transition to a circular economy in the fashion industry, with a particular focus on the EU revised legislative framework on waste adopted within the Circular Economy Action Plan of 2015.

Keywords: circular fashion; textile and clothing waste; EU Waste Framework Directive (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D78 E61 E62 F13 F42 F68 K0 K1 K2 K3 K4 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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