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Circular business models and smarter design can reduce environment and climate impacts from textiles

News Published 10 Feb 2022 Last modified 09 Feb 2023

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Textile consumption in Europe has on average the fourth highest impacts on the environment and climate, following consumption of food, housing and mobility. Ahead of the expected European Union (EU) strategy for sustainable and circular textiles, the European Environment Agency (EEA) published today two briefings that look at measures to reduce those impacts, including on resource use, greenhouse gas emissions and microplastic pollution.