Will the EPR regulation create incentives for a more circular textile industry?
Alexander Sustal, Lawyer at Redeker Sellner Dahs, explains how Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) will change the economics of textile collection, sorting and recycling in Germany. The episode covers the status quo, the actors and financing flows an EPR scheme introduces, and the wider legal questions an EPR scheme raises.
What you'll hear in this episode: • How the current market based system for used textiles is financed, why it is under pressure, and what an EPR scheme changes about who carries responsibility and who pays. • The roles of producers, Producer Responsibility Organisations (PROs), registries and supervising authorities, and how fees are collected, calculated and distributed among them. • Why eco modulation links fees to eco design criteria such as durability, repairability and recycled content, and why the level of the fees may matter as much as the criteria themselves.
The episode also covers end of waste criteria, and harmonisation across Member States.
People Dr. Alexander Sustal, Lawyer at Redeker Sellner Dahs https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-sustal-5ab89018b/
Patrick Hypscher, Circular Business Strategist, PaaS Expert https://www.linkedin.com/in/hypscher/
Chapters 00:00:00 Intro 00:04:46 Who funds today’s collection and sorting 00:09:03 What EPR actually means 00:10:17 Who has to pay the fees 00:13:03 Who collects the fees 00:15:53 What products the scheme covers 00:22:08 Eco-modulation: rewarding better design 00:27:16 Will competition undercut eco-modulation 00:31:59 How fee money gets divided and spent 00:35:51 Why EPR fees don’t follow exports 00:37:40 Can the EU harmonize 27 EPR schemes 00:43:41 Outro
About Since its foundation in 1929, Redeker Sellner Dahs has grown to become one of the most important independent German law firms and today operates nationwide and internationally at six locations.
Further Links Revised Waste Framework Directive: https://environment.ec.europa.eu/news/revised-waste-framework-directive-enters-force-2025-10-16_en
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