“Starting in October, consumers will be able to be accompanied in the repair of their clothing and footwear.” This is the promise launched this Tuesday by the Secretary of State for Ecology Bérangère Couillard when she visited the facilities of an incubator dedicated to responsible fashion, La Caserne, in Paris.
This “repair bond” for the textile sector will be endowed with a fund of 154 million euros during the period 2023-2028, the Secretary of State previously explained to AFP.
Grants from 6 to 25 euros
The price of the aid offered must be between 6 and 25 euros, explained Bérangère Couillard on Tuesday. The Secretary of State “invites all sewing workshops and shoemakers to join the system, to be labeled” by the Refashion eco-organization that manages the fund and label for the State. The help could be, for example, seven euros to redo a heel and reach between 10 and 25 euros for a lining.
In France, in 2022, 3.3 billion pieces of clothing, shoes and household linen were put on the market, that is, 500,000 more than in 2021, according to the Refashion organization, which has received instructions from the Government to support the industry towards a more economical economy. circular. .
700,000 tons of clothing thrown away each year
The French “throw away 700,000 tons of clothing every year,” recalled Bérangère Couillard, specifying that two thirds “end up in landfills.”
On the model of the appliance repair voucher, the aid is part of a broad reform of the textile sector, one of the most polluting industries on the planet, initiated by the Government since the end of 2022.
Among its objectives: force brands to have more traceability, financially support organizations specialized in the reuse and second life of clothing or structure a recycling sector.
The reform foreseen by the anti-waste law for a circular economy (Agec Law) is based in particular on the billions of euros of eco-contributions from producers, importers and distributors that should be released during the period 2023-2028 within the framework of the “the principle whoever pollutes pays”.
Source: BFM TV
