The amount paid by the eco-organisation Refashion to textile sorting stakeholders will increase from 156 euros to 223 euros per tonne in France. This increase is vital for a sector under strain, which has been reporting insufficient support in the region for months. “The difficulties began in the summer of 2024 for us and for the entire...
25 Jul 2025
Purchases of new clothing, footwear and household linen reached a record high in France in 2024, with an average of 42 items per person, the organisation Refashion revealed at a press conference on Tuesday. In 2024, 3.5 billion new pieces were purchased, or 10 million per day, Vanessa Gutierrez, head of studies at Refashion, the body tasked by...
17 Jun 2025
This autumn, eco-organisation Refashion that manages waste from the textile, footwear and homeware industries in France, is launching a pop-up campus dedicated to garment repair and circular fashion. The initiative will tour the south of France via an ‘ephemeral campus’ concept. From September 27 to October 28 2024, Refashion's pop-up campus...
3 Sept 2024
From October, France will pay a bonus to encourage people to have their clothes and shoes repaired rather than throwing them away, the government said. The move aims to cut down on the 700,000 tonnes of clothes thrown away by French people each year, two-thirds of which ends up in landfills. “From October, consumers will be able to be supported...
12 Jul 2023