👕Have you ever thought about what happens to your old T-shirt after tossing it in a textile bin? 🤔
Our latest report explores just that, zooming in on the Netherlands, one of the top ten used textiles exporters. Our research highlights that…
📌The export of used textiles and clothing from the Netherlands is growing, reaching €193 million worth in 2022—the highest value in the past five years.
📌The main export destinations are Ghana, India, Kenya, Poland and Pakistan.
📌This movement does offer benefits to the destination countries, such as circular jobs and remanufacturing, repair, and resale potential.
📌However, tonnes of textiles end up wasted by landfilling, dumping or open burning.
What can be done to shape a better, fairer value chain for used textiles? Find the link to the full report in the bio!
Regulatory uncertainty in Europe highlights persistent friction between ambition and delivery. Delays to the EU’s deforestation regulations continue to complicate the sourcing of renewable building materials such as certified timber and biomass. These materials are central to eco-design for buildings and life cycle cost evaluation within green construction projects seeking BREEAM or BREEAM v7 certification. The administrative lag is raising concerns about the traceability of products covered by environmental product declarations (EPDs) and the coherence of sustainability benchmark systems across borders.
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