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The textile waste debate

Claims about textile waste and second-hand exports have become central to the debate over circularity, trade and regulation. Reuse News examines the evidence behind those claims, how they shape policy, and what research from importing and exporting countries actually shows.

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How do you regulate a problem
that may not exist?

AUGUST 6, 2026

Governments set out to regulate a global textile waste problem. But the Basel process has exposed a more basic uncertainty. The problem was never clearly defined and the trade was not fully understood.

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