Textiles: Waste
Commons · Question 73514 · Tabled 29 Aug 2025 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · Official record
Answered 16 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Andrew Snowden
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of recycling infrastructure in handling textile waste from fast fashion.
Answer
Answered by Mary Creagh, 16 Sep 2025
While we do not hold any internal estimates on fast fashion waste volumes in the UK, industry partners provide some insight. WRAP estimates that the UK generated approximately 1.45 million tonnes of post-consumer textiles in 2022, which includes clothing,...