European bodies have measured textile recycling, water quality and food waste. What they found explains the rules that followed, and the public money behind new methods.
of the material used for clothing is recycled into new clothing.
European Commission, 2022Europe’s answer: producer responsibility for textiles under Directive (EU) 2025/1892, and a Digital Product Passport under the ESPR, Regulation (EU) 2024/1781. Our part: which data the coming passport act is likely to require, and the producer responsibility rules, explained for the companies they reach.
of Europe’s surface waters reach good chemical status.
European Environment Agency, 2024Europe’s answer: Directive (EU) 2024/3019 on urban wastewater, and stricter rules for industrial emissions. Our part: which water rules reach a dye house or a plant, from which date, and through which permit.
of food wasted in the EU in 2024.
Eurostat, 2026Europe’s answer: Directive (EU) 2025/1892 sets national targets to cut food waste by 2030 from the 2021 to 2023 level: 10% in processing and manufacturing, 30% per person in retail, food service and homes. Our part: the food waste targets and the deforestation rules read for processors and importers, and the emissions data a buyer asks a supplier for.
A rule fixes the date. The method that meets it may still be in development. At readiness levels 4 to 6, a method works in a lab or test setting but has not yet run in production.
to be mobilised for clean manufacturing made in the EU, under the Clean Industrial Deal.
European Commission, 2025in a Horizon Europe call for research and innovation in clean industry.
European Commission, 2025of Dutch national funding from Regieorgaan SIA and Top Sector ICT, shared by seven Digital Product Passport projects.
Regieorgaan SIAof businesses in the EU are small and medium-sized.
European Commissionof the EU instruments we track reach small companies as well as large ones.
EuFSI register, 30 September 2026size exemption in the rules on green claims and forced labour.
EuFSI registerEleven of these dates are set in law; the textile passport act is expected. Pick a date, drag along the line, or step through with the arrows.
The check is in development. For now it shows an example result for a small clothing importer.
