Governments In Developed Countries Take Inventory Of Laws And Regulations On Textile Recovery

EU launches EU Waste Directive

The WFD 2008/98/EC, which came into force in December 2010, not only modified the definition of garbage, but also included a series of garbage management measures, such as waste reduction and maximum reuse and recycling. These management measures also apply to disposal and reuse of waste fabrics.

　 France introduced the "waste recycling and Disposal Act" draft.

The Ministry of ecology and sustainable development of France released the new report in September 11, 2007. Spin clothing Products, shoes Draft for recycling and disposal of waste generated from household linen (G/TBT/N/FRA/66 Bulletin). The draft decree enacted Textile wastes The organization procedures for extending producer responsibility and planning require the wholesalers of these products to set up independent organizations and institutions for the recycling, processing and donation of their products, which must be approved or approved by the government.

　 Germany launched the circular economy and waste management act.

Germany promulgated the circular economy and waste management act in 1996, which stipulates that the priority of waste issues is "avoid recycling - final disposal". First of all, we should reduce the amount of pollutants produced at the source of the economy. Therefore, the industrial sector should try to avoid all kinds of waste emissions during the production stage and in the consumer's use stage. Secondly, we must recycle and reuse the waste which is not available at the source and the packaging waste and old goods that consumers use, so that they can return to the economic cycle.

Britain proposes "zero waste economy" social development goal

The British government has put forward the social development goal of "zero waste economy". The British government advocates that the whole people regard garbage as an available resource, especially Waste fabric It has been regarded as recyclable and reusable resources and is no longer regarded as rubbish. The Ministry of environment, food and rural affairs conducted an annual survey of the life of 2 million tons of clothing and assessed 1 million 160 thousand tons of textile waste in England and Northern Ireland.

　 The US proposed zero landfill of fabric waste in 2037.

In 1976, the federal government of the United States formulated a special solid waste disposal act. At present, more than ten states have formulated the disposal method of abandoned bottles. More than 20 states have made regulations prohibiting the disposal of wastes in the courtyard, and nearly half of the states have exceeded 30% of the solid waste recycling rate.

Various patterns of waste textiles recycling

Over the past decades, the number of waste textiles in the United States, Japan and Europe has increased rapidly, many clothing or others. Fabric After being used for a single time, the consumption of clothing has increased dramatically due to fast fashion, and the number of garments has been rising rapidly. Over the past 20 years, textile waste collection has become a large independent industry. Textile fiber waste recycling is almost everywhere. After recycling, at least half of the waste textiles can be reused. Textile recycling has not only become a commercialized economic activity, but also an environmentally friendly environmental protection industry.

　　 Taking the producer responsibility system as the strategic goal

The strategic goal of the producer responsibility system is to establish a recycling society that "turns today's waste into some kind of new resources available." Sweden's fast fashion brand enterprise, H&M fashion company launched a "H&M Conscious" recycling in the global chain store. clothes The campaign aims at promoting the concept of low carbon and reducing the waste of textiles. H&M hopes to form a closed sales and recycling system in the future to minimize textile waste.

Whole process management of domestic waste reduction from "source"

As early as 1976, the United States attached importance to the whole process management of municipal solid waste, and gradually formed a distinctive management mode of municipal solid waste. The most important feature of this model is source reduction. Source reduction refers to the reduction or reduction in the toxicity of waste products in the process of design, manufacture, purchase or use before the product becomes garbage. The measures of source reduction include: improving the design of products or packaging, striving to reduce material consumption and make it easier to recycle.

　 "Dual recovery system" for families and small groups

The most distinctive feature of Germany is its dual recovery system, which is a non-profit social intermediary organization which specializes in recycling and processing packaging waste. Its main goal is to establish a packaging recycling, classification and recycling system for the family and small group users nationwide. The operation mode includes two kinds: the street recycling system and the upper hand recycling system.

　 Establishing Texaid stock company to implement effective recovery

Switzerland's 6 humanitarian relief agencies jointly established the Texaid Limited by Share Ltd in 1978 to effectively recycle and utilize the Swiss. Used Clothing 。 Residents usually put old clothes ready for elimination into the plastic bags sent regularly by the post office, and put them outside the home, then the service staff in each residential area take the bags away, or the household will send the clothes directly to the old clothes recycling boxes set up by the company.

Japanese resource recycling system operation case

Since the 80s of last century, the Japanese government has formulated a series of laws and regulations to implement circular economy. In 2000, the basic law of promoting circular society was promulgated. Vigorously promoting 3R (reduction, reuse, resource recovery and regeneration) marks a comprehensive transformation from a large number of consumption and a large number of abandoned society to a recycling oriented society. In addition, Japan has formulated a series of supporting laws and regulations, such as the waste disposal law, the renewable resources utilization law, the recycling law of building materials, the law of food recycling, the recycling of containers and packaging materials, the circular usage of household appliances, the green purchase law and the recycling law of automobiles.