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EU to Ban Destruction of Unsold Clothes and Shoes

The European Commission has adopted new measures that will require medium and large companies to stop discarding unsold clothing and footwear, in the bloc’s latest move to target textile waste.
A pile of unused clothes.
The European Commission has adopted new measures that ban medium and large companies from discarding unsold clothing and footwear in the bloc. (Getty Images)

Starting this July, big fashion brands will no longer be able to destroy their unsold items in the

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