Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 73514

Textiles: Waste

Tabled: 29 August 2025

Answered: 16 September 2025

Question

Mr 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

Mary Creagh

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,...

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