Europe wants to clean up a growing glut of textile waste, fuelled by rising consumption of low-value fast fashion. Some say the market is collapsing under the strain.
On Monday, two major European recycling lobbies put out a stark warning: the sector is facing “an unprecedented crisis, even more significant than during the Covid-19 pandemic,” they said. Since the spring, the price of sorted secondhand garments has been lower than the cost of processing them, according to the groups….

