Europe plans to introduce several new laws for the fashion industry in 2025. On January 1, 2025, it passed the new Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) regulation that requires the European Union to collect end-of-life textile products separately. Besides restricting the destruction of items that could still be used, the regulation also paves the way for large-scale textile recycling in the EU.
On December 30, 2024, the EU passed a law against deforestation. Targeting large corporations for the time being, the law will be applied to SMEs in H2, FY25. Passed in 2023, the law bans the sale of products associated with deforestation and forest degradation in the European market.
In 2025, EU also commenced the test phase of issuing the Digital Product Passport (DPP). The industry will test the first digital solutions in 2025 to enable consumers to access product information. A phased implementation of the DPP law will occur after 2025, with the goal of applying it to as many products as possible by 2030.
The European Forced Labor Regulation is also expected to be formally adopted by the European Commission in 2025. Meanwhile, the directive on environmental (green) claims (‘green product’, ‘biodegradable’, etc), is due to be negotiated this year between the European Parliament, the EU Commission and the Council of the European Union.
