France is going to pay people to have their clothes and shoes repaired instead of throwing them out in a push to cut waste.
From October, the French can claim €7 (£6.40) for mending a heel and €10-25 for clothing repairs.
The initiative aims to reduce the 700,000 tons of clothes thrown away by French people each year, two-thirds of which is sent to landfill.
“From October, consumers will be able to be supported in the repair of their clothes and shoes,” secretary of state for ecology Bérangère Couillard said Tuesday during a visit to the Paris premises of La Caserne, a hub for responsible fashion.
She invited “all sewing workshops and shoemakers to join the system”, to be labelled by eco-organisation Refashion.
Some €154 million has been earmarked for the scheme to cover 2023-2028.
In France, 3.3 billion pieces of clothing, shoes and household linen were put on the market in 2022, according to Refashion, which has been instructed by the government to support a more sustainable industry.
>From October, the French can claim €7 (£6.40) for mending a heel
In US, heal repair can easily costs anywhere from from $30 to $60 and the entire resole for the pair of shoes or boots for men can be from $200 to $450 … To resole Birkenstock local cobbler will charge $80 to $140 while new pair of Birkenstock sandals is about the same.
Even simple stretching is $10 to $25
Most importantly finding a competent cobbler who can do more than slap a rubber heal on the sole is really hard.
Good, the trend of fast fashion and disposable clothes needs to die as soon as possible
I live in France, this is great! Although it’s not much, my last re-heeling cost me €40 lol, but at least I can claim back €7! I hope they make it easy enough to do.
New goods with a short warranty should attract a higher tax rate.
A negative feedback loop would discourage fast fashion and reward durability.
The only problem being that if you bring them 40 euro shoes or sneakers they won t be able to do much. Same thing goes for clothes that are not already medium to high quality. It s a good initiative, but you need money to do that.
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***From The Telegraph’s Foreign reporters:***
France is going to pay people to have their clothes and shoes repaired instead of throwing them out in a push to cut waste.
From October, the French can claim €7 (£6.40) for mending a heel and €10-25 for clothing repairs.
The initiative aims to reduce the 700,000 tons of clothes thrown away by French people each year, two-thirds of which is sent to landfill.
“From October, consumers will be able to be supported in the repair of their clothes and shoes,” secretary of state for ecology Bérangère Couillard said Tuesday during a visit to the Paris premises of La Caserne, a hub for responsible fashion.
She invited “all sewing workshops and shoemakers to join the system”, to be labelled by eco-organisation Refashion.
Some €154 million has been earmarked for the scheme to cover 2023-2028.
In France, 3.3 billion pieces of clothing, shoes and household linen were put on the market in 2022, according to Refashion, which has been instructed by the government to support a more sustainable industry.
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>From October, the French can claim €7 (£6.40) for mending a heel
In US, heal repair can easily costs anywhere from from $30 to $60 and the entire resole for the pair of shoes or boots for men can be from $200 to $450 … To resole Birkenstock local cobbler will charge $80 to $140 while new pair of Birkenstock sandals is about the same.
Even simple stretching is $10 to $25
Most importantly finding a competent cobbler who can do more than slap a rubber heal on the sole is really hard.
Good, the trend of fast fashion and disposable clothes needs to die as soon as possible
I live in France, this is great! Although it’s not much, my last re-heeling cost me €40 lol, but at least I can claim back €7! I hope they make it easy enough to do.
New goods with a short warranty should attract a higher tax rate.
A negative feedback loop would discourage fast fashion and reward durability.
The only problem being that if you bring them 40 euro shoes or sneakers they won t be able to do much. Same thing goes for clothes that are not already medium to high quality. It s a good initiative, but you need money to do that.