MediaFaro Analysis<p>Fast fashion items overwhelm Sweden's recycling centres.</p><p>Sweden's recycling centres are overflowing with clothes after an EU-wide ban this year on throwing away textiles, leaving overwhelmed municipalities eager to have fast fashion giants take responsibility.</p><p>Swedes throw away 90000 tonnes of textiles per year, or 10kg per person. The EU average is 19kg, according to 2022 statistics, up from 17 in 2019.</p><p><a href="https://mediafaro.org/article/20250411-fast-fashion-items-overwhelm-swedens-recycling-centres?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mediafaro.org/article/20250411</span><span class="invisible">-fast-fashion-items-overwhelm-swedens-recycling-centres?mf_channel=mastodon&action=forward</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Sweden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sweden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Recycling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Recycling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/FastFashion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FastFashion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Fashion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fashion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Clothing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Clothing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/Textiles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Textiles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.mediafaro.org/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a></p>