2023-07-12 11:47:07
To encourage the French to have their clothes repaired instead of buying new ones, a bonus will be put in place by the government, we learned on Tuesday July 11.
An ecological device. A bonus for the “repair” of textile goods must be put in place “from October” to encourage customers to have their clothes or shoes repaired rather than buying new ones, the Secretary of State said on Tuesday. in charge of Ecology Bérangère Couillard.
“From October, consumers will be able to be accompanied in the repair of their clothes and shoes,” she explained during a visit to Paris of the premises of an incubator dedicated to responsible fashion, La Caserne. .
This “repair bonus” for the textile sector will be endowed with a fund of 154 million euros over the period 2023-2028, the office of the Secretary of State had previously explained to AFP.
The pricing of the aid offered must be between 6 and 25 euros. The Secretary of State “invites all sewing workshops and shoemakers to join the system, to be labeled” by the eco-organization Refashion which manages the fund and the label for the State.
The aid might be, for example, 7 euros to redo a heel and reach 10 to 25 euros for a lining.
700,000 tonnes of clothing thrown away each year in France
In France, 3.3 billion clothes, shoes and pieces of household linen were put on the market in 2022, i.e. 500,000 more than in 2021, according to the Refashion organization which has been charged by the government with supporting industry towards a more circular economy.
The French “throw away 700,000 tons of clothing each year”, recalled Ms. Couillard, specifying that two thirds “end up in landfills”.
On the model of the household appliance repair bonus, the aid is part of a vast 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: to force brands to have more traceability, to financially support organizations specializing in the reuse and second life of clothing or to structure a recycling sector.
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