27/05/2026 – Circular economy
Used textiles: bvse sees collection structures under pressure
After the German parliament's environment committee rejected temporary support measures, the bvse says commercial, charitable and municipal collectors of used textiles are operating at the limits of their capacity.

Marwin Gedenk stresses that the pressure to act is high. Without short term stabilisation measures, he warns of a further loss of collection and sorting capacity with direct consequences for reuse, recycling and the textile circular economy in Germany. © bvse
