{"id":5296,"date":"2021-01-20T09:20:22","date_gmt":"2021-01-20T08:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/smarttextiles.se\/?p=5296"},"modified":"2021-01-20T09:41:26","modified_gmt":"2021-01-20T08:41:26","slug":"a-summary-of-extended-producer-responsibility-for-textiles-part-of-the-circular-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smarttextiles.se\/en\/2021\/01\/20\/a-summary-of-extended-producer-responsibility-for-textiles-part-of-the-circular-economy\/","title":{"rendered":"A summary of \u201dExtended producer responsibility for textiles \u2013 part of the circular economy\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sweden is determined to be a role model in achieving the Sustainable Development Goals of the 2030 Agenda. The Government has adopted a national strategy for a circular economy in which textiles are one of several prioritised areas in the transition to a circular and bio-based economy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Birgitta Losman, sustainability strategist at Science Park Bor\u00e5s and University of Bor\u00e5s<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

 In December 2019 the Swedish Government appointed Birgitta Losman, sustainability strategist at the University of Bor\u00e5s and Science Park Bor\u00e5s, to lead an inquiry with the task to propose an extended producer responsibility (EPR) for textiles. The inquiry submitted the report Producentansvar f\u00f6r textil \u2013 en del av den cirkul\u00e4ra ekonomin<\/em> (Producer responsibility for textiles \u2013 part of the new circular economy) (SOU 2020:72) to the government the 10th of December 2020. This document contains a translation of three selected chapters from the report:<\/p>\n\n\n\n