EU EPR (WFD)
Directive 2008/98/EC on waste, as amended by Directive (EU) 2025/1892 (textiles and food waste)
Topic : Circularity & waste · Level : Regional
Today
In force since 16 Oct 2025. Transpose by 17 Jun 2027; textile EPR schemes by 17 Apr 2028 (micro-firms 17 Apr 2029).
Summary
The Waste Framework Directive sets EU waste rules and EPR principles. Its 2025 revision requires every Member State to run textile and footwear EPR schemes by April 2028 and sets binding food waste reduction targets for 2030.
Who is concerned
- Turnover
- non précisé
- Employees
- non précisé
- Listed company
- cotées et non cotées
- Sectors
- Apparel and footwear
- Home textiles
- Food processing
- Retail and food service
- Triggering activities
- Making textiles available in an EU State
- Selling online to EU consumers
- Processing or selling food
- Extraterritorial reach
- Yes
Non-EU sellers to EU consumers must join textile EPR schemes, via authorised representative.
- Examples
- Chinese e-commerce apparel seller
- EU fashion brand sourcing in Asia
What the law requires
- Register as producer in each EU State where textiles are sold
- Pay eco-modulated EPR fees by durability and recyclability
- Report quantities placed on the market
- Cut food waste 10% (processing) and 30% (retail, households)
Penalties
Set by Member States (Art. 36 WFD); no EU-level amount.
What this changes for a supplier in China
EU brands will need fibre composition, durability and recyclability data per product to compute eco-modulated fees; direct sellers must register.
Expected evidence
- Fibre composition per SKU
- Durability test results
- Volumes shipped per EU country
Tiers : Tier 1-2