Circular Innovation and Textile EPR: What’s Coming and How to Prepare

Webinar

Circular Innovation and Textile EPR: What’s Coming and How to Prepare

Prepare your business for evolving Textile Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) regulations.

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As EPR laws like California’s SB 707 and EU regulations accelerate, the fashion and textile industry faces increasing pressure to keep materials in circulation and out of landfills. This webinar brought together leading organizations, Debrand, Accelerating Circularity, and RLG, to explore textile EPR requirements, including product design, environmental attributes, and eco-modulation.

Couldn’t attend live? The recording is available! Whether you’re a brand, recycler, policymaker, or solution provider, this session offers actionable insights into building functional, scalable, and compliant circular systems in North America and beyond.

What You’ll Learn:

Lessons from Pilots: Insights from initiatives building textile-to-textile recycling ecosystems.
Regulatory Alignment: How to meet emerging EPR regulations and stay compliant.
Circular System Design: Requirements for take-back, reuse, and recycling programs.
Data & Technology: How innovative tools are transforming textile end-of-life management.

FAQs Covered in the Webinar:

What are the key EPR obligations for fashion and textile producers?
What is on the horizon for textile EPR in North America and the EU?
How do global regulations impact North American operations?
How can brands start pilot programs to test circular initiatives?
How can technology support tracking, reporting, and recycling within textile end-of-life management?

Complete the form to gain instant access to the webinar recording. Learn how producers can trial innovative take-back, upcycling, and waste reduction pilots to stay ahead of emerging regulations.

Disclaimer: This resource should not replace professional legal counsel—always consult qualified legal professionals for current information specific to your situation.

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Les Griffith - Speakers

Business Development Director
RLGA

Les Griffith is currently the Business Development Director at RLGA and is tasked with expanding the company’s data management offerings for packaging EPR in the Americas. Les has over 30 years of industry experience in Environmental Services, Extended Producer Responsibility and Reverse Distribution. Les has spent these last 30 years working with organizations to develop progressively more sustainable solutions to the management of end-of-life materials. Prior to joining RLG, Les spent eleven years at Covanta most recently serving as the Business Development Director for the Healthcare Solutions division. His group covered North and Central America and specialized in providing a suite of services to healthcare PROs, take-back services to retail pharmacy and law enforcement and environmental services to the healthcare sector and reverse distributors. Prior to Covanta Les spent 10 years at Waste Management Inc. as an Area Manager for their Healthcare Solutions group.

Andriana Kontovrakis - Speakers

Director of Compliance Services
RLG

Andriana Kontovrakis is the Director of Compliance Services for Reverse Logistics Group’s US team.  She manages a team responsible for ensuring manufacturer and retailer customer compliance with EPR laws for electronics, batteries, packaging, household hazardous wastes, and other consumer products across the US. Along with RLG partner the Household and Commercial Products Association, she is spearheading the development of the Household Product Stewardship Alliance, a stewardship organization forming under the guidelines of Vermont’s HHW EPR law.  Prior to working with RLG, she was a Policy Analyst with the global electronics recycler Sims Lifecycle Solutions where she managed programmatic implementation and customer and supplier accounts for the US EPR compliance unit and the Deputy Director for Waste Prevention for the NYC Department of Sanitation.

Circular Innovation and Textile EPR: What’s Coming and How to Prepare