California clothes recycling
California is considering *the Responsible Textile Recovery Act,
which would require producers of apparel, towels, bedding and upholstery to
implement and fund a statewide reuse, repair and recycling program
for their products.*
It may be difficult to design clothing to be recyclable -- and
clothing that people have actually worn out (as I often do) are
difficult to reuse or repair. But if this law is done right, it could
pressure the companies that "produce" clothing to head in that
direction
I wonder how the bill deals with outsourcing of clothing production.
To try to enforce this law on the companies in poor countries which
really make the clothing would be ineffective.