​On 16 October 2025, Directive (EU) 2025/1892 amending Directive 2008/98/EC on Waste entered into force. The targeted revision of the Waste Framework Directive mandates the creation of EPR for textile and footwear products across EU Member States. The scope of EPR includes textile products, articles of apparel and clothing accessories for household or oth...

​Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS, are a group of synthetic chemicals. The US Environment Protection Agency have identified and recorded nearly 15,000 synthetic chemicals that belong to the group. However, they have been shown to display extreme persistence within the environment and organisms, leading them to be dubbed 'forever chemical...