Encourage people to do this repair clothes and used shoes instead of constantly buying new things: that is the aim of the new “Mending Bonus” announced yesterday, July 12, by the Secretary of State for Ecology Berangere Couillard. The controls should be fairly simple and consist of one Discount – variable between 6 and 25 euros, even if the tariffs have not yet been announced in detail – credited directly to the repair receipt, provided the craftsman has the specific information Stamp issued as certification by the state institution Refashion. The provision was equipped with a fund from 154 million for the period 2023-2028 and will be active from October. The initiative is in the context of Law “Anti-waste and for the circular economy” which has already awarded other awards with similar purposes, such as those on domestic appliancesbut that also applies to employment goals: “Les is also helped companies who offer these services with the hope of creating something new in the future jobs”declared Minister Couillard.
A goal that certainly remains a residue compared to the ecological goal, since in France – but not only – there is a real one bleeding of used clothing: “3.3 billion outfitsshoes and laundry brought on the market in 2022, with 700,000 tons of clothes thrown every year, two-thirds of which end up in the landfills”. So an attempt to impose a different trajectory on it textile industryamong the most polluting that exist in all the different production phases: extraction of resources, chemical treatment of materials and finally the management of the enormous mass Waste products a crazy rhythms because of everything that revolves around the so-called fast fashion. France tries to influence the consumption habits of its citizens and at the same time to support the consumption habits of its citizens reality specialized In the reuse and fashion brands are urging to increase the number traceability of the products.