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Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Wasting No Time: California Joins Europe in the Push for EPR in Fashion - The Katten Kattwalk/Kattison Avenue | Issue 4

In California, "they don't throw their garbage away, they turn it into television shows." So said Woody Allen in "Annie Hall." But when Governor Gavin Newsom signed Senate Bill 707 into law last September, the Golden State...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

SB 707: The Nation's First EPR Law Specific to Textiles

CalRecycle, the agency overseeing California’s recycling and waste management programs, reports that Californians dispose of 1.2 million tons of textiles annually, accounting for 3% of landfilling. California Senate Bill (SB)...more

Holland & Knight LLP

A Closer Look at California's Recently Passed Responsible Textile Recovery Act of 2024

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With Gov. Gavin Newsom's signature in late September 2024, Senate Bill (SB) 707, the Responsible Textile Recovery Act of 2024 (the Act), made California the first state to adopt the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR)...more

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California Enacts First-of-its-Kind Clothing Recycling Law

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The Law: California enacted the Responsible Textile Recovery Act of 2024, the first extended producer responsibility law for clothing producers in the United States....more

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California Passes Trend-Setting EPR Law for Apparel, Textiles

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California has become the first state in the nation to pass an extended producer responsibility (EPR) law making producers of apparel and textiles responsible for the full lifecycle of those products....more

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Textile Recycling Technologies: U.S. Government Accountability Office Report

The U.S. Governmental Accountability Office (“GAO”) has issued a July 9th Report titled: Science & Tech Spotlight – Textile Recycling Technologies (“Report”). ...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Project W: Q&A with Sarika Bajaj, Co-founder of Refiberd

Project W alumna Sarika Bajaj and her co-founder Tushita Gupta are solving a 186 billion-pound problem. That's 186 billion pounds of textiles that are discarded each year, while less than 1% of that waste is recycled. With...more

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