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<p>In the Government’s Resources & Waste Strategy we committed to provide consumers
with better information on products when they purchase items, such as textiles and
clothing. Our draft Waste Prevention Programme for England published in March 2021
identified textiles as one of seven key sectors for action and outlined the steps
we are taking to improve information.</p><p> </p><p>Through our landmark Environment
Act 2021 we have powers to require better information on the resource efficiency of
products to enable informed consumer choice.</p><p>We will be assessing options this
year on what type of information would best support more sustainable purchasing decisions
for textiles products, before making decisions. We are also providing funding to the
Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) to update their environmental footprint
modelling tool later this year, working with industry signatories to the Textiles
2030 scheme. This will increase the level, availability and transparency of data relating
to carbon emissions across the life cycle of garments.</p>
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