EU proposes new rules to discourage disposable fast fashion

The European Commission rules also seek to contain the release of microplastics and improve global labour conditions in the garment industry.

Almost three-quarters of clothing and textiles used in the EU are imported.

The European Union has warned consumers to stop using clothes like disposable tissues and said it plans to counter the polluting use of fast fashion.

New rules proposed by the EU’s executive arm call for a mandatory minimum use of recycled fibres by 2030 and would ban the destruction of many unsold products.