France Bans Fashion Multinationals From Burning Clothes

2024 Author: Steven Freeman | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 08:15

French Prime Minister Edouard Phillipe has announced this week that the executive will take severe measures regarding the practice being followed by some multinational companies that burn or destroy garments and products, other than food, that are not sold. From luxury clothing to electronic products.

According to the British newspaper The Guardian, the measure comes after the ecological party in France was the third most voted in the last elections. But this is a problem at the international level and that especially affects the fashion sector due to the large volumes of production that are handled in this industry.

Last year we learned of some brands such as Burberry or fast fashion giant H&M that burned tons of clothing and accessories that they could not sell and both brands acknowledged the rumor and promised not to re-implement this measure that is so harmful to them. environment.

According to the same newspaper and the office of the French prime minister, around 650 million dollars of new products are destroyed every year. Only in France!

"This waste is a scandal," said the president himself to the media.

The law is expected to pass and take effect between 2021 and 2023, and under this measure, surplus products will have to be delivered for recycling. Will other countries continue this initiative?