EU TEXTILES SECTOR SAUS DIGITISATION WILL HELP IMPLEMENT SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTS LEGISLATION
June 30th, 2022
Europe’s textile sector has said digital technologies will have a key role to play in implementing the European Union (EU) Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles (1), which was released March (2022), to ensure that by 2030, textile products placed on the market are long-lived and recyclable. Its goal is to ensure products are made as much as possible out of recycled fibres and free of hazardous substances including microplastics.
Dirk Vantyghem, director general of EU textile industry association Euratex, said certain aspects of the strategy were ...
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