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Textile EPR: What the 2026 policy outlook means for US fashion companies

Textile Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is no longer a distant, future policy concept. With growing awareness and policy debate about the scale and challenges of textile waste across the United States, more and more states are looking to implement textile EPR. A policy that would make producers and importers responsible for managing...

Fashion

Ebay is named the newest member of the American Circular Textiles (AMCRIC)

E-commerce platform Ebay is the newest member of the American Circular Textiles (AMCIRC), a coalition of over 30 brands, resellers, recyclers, manufacturers, and other stakeholders that are working together to advance more scalable solutions for textile circularity. The announcement comes as Ebay marks thirty years of recommerce, with the online...

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Business

American Circular Textiles applauds the Senate EPW Committee for advancing key recycling legislation

The American Circular Textiles (ACT), a coalition of more than 30 organizations that aim to develop and support circular textile policies, has publicly commended the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee’s unanimous decision to pass the Strategies to Eliminate Waste and Accelerate Recycling Development (STEWARD) Act. "American...