Navigating The Challenges Of Textile Circularity With Marisa Adler

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Textiles compose a huge chunk of global waste, and they usually end up in the dumpster and are never recycled. Christine Yeager discusses what it takes to improve textile circularity with Marisa Adler , Senior Consultant at Resource Recycling Systems (RRS) . She explains how to navigate the ever-increasing challenges and limitations of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) and create more recovery pathways for textile reuse, recycling, and repurposing. Marisa also highlights the complex pathways of textiles in secondhand and international trade, as well as the rising tensions between financial responsibilities and environmental goals. Find out how the government, the corporate world, and…