RLG Releases EPR Impact Assessment for Textile Industry

RLG Releases EPR Impact Assessment for Textile Industry

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RLG Launches Textiles EPR Impact Assessment to Help Businesses Prepare for Compliance Costs

As global and EU textile regulations evolve, Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) is fast becoming a cornerstone of sustainable business practice. At RLG, we’re proud to launch our Textiles EPR Impact Assessment. This tailored service empowers organizations to lead with sustainability, meet their obligations, and plan confidently for the financial aspects of compliance.

A Proactive Approach to Textiles EPR

EPR regulation is a robust framework for advancing the circular economy in the textile sector. While the environmental goals of EPR are more established, including better waste management and more responsible production, many of the operational and financial details are still being finalized. As a result, businesses often face uncertainty around how and where they will be affected, especially when understanding cost forecasting and compliance planning.

Adding to this complexity, the first wave of implementation is already underway. Countries like France, the Netherlands, Lativa, and Hungary are acting early, with the EU-wide EPR mandate for textiles set to take effect by 2027. For businesses operating across borders, the urgency to act is real and growing.

Our Textiles EPR Impact Assessment is designed to remove that uncertainty.

By modelling potential compliance fees using the latest market intelligence and projected fee structures, the service enables organizations to:

  • Identify which textile products and markets are likely to fall under EPR obligations
  • Estimate upcoming compliance costs across jurisdictions
  • Integrate cost forecasts into strategic, financial, and operational planning

 

This proactive approach gives businesses the clarity to manage risk, maintain momentum, and invest in sustainable growth confidently.

Designed for Multi-Market Businesses

With over 20 years of experience supporting organizations through regulatory change, RLG is uniquely positioned to guide multinational organizations through this transition.

Whether expanding into new regions or future-proofing your operations in existing ones, our assessment offers clarity and control. In addition to cost forecasting, the service includes:

  • Monitoring of global EPR legislation relevant to textiles
  • Mapping of material and market-specific obligations
  • A review of internal data to assess reporting readiness
  • A bespoke compliance roadmap tailored to your business

 

Each service offering is customized to reflect your operations and market exposure, offering actionable insights to help you confidently meet your responsibilities.

 “Our mission is to help businesses lead change with clarity and confidence. EPR is not just a regulatory hurdle but a focus through which businesses can evaluate their product design, material use, and circularity targets. Insights from our assessment help inform not only compliance strategies but sustainability goals” says Lavi Aharon, Director, Textiles Program

Why Now?

EPR regulation is no longer a future consideration. It is current and is already taking shape. Non-compliance has both financial and reputational risks for textile producers, importers, and retailers. At RLG, we believe preparation is the key to responsible growth. Our Textiles EPR Impact assessment gives you the insights and tools to comply and lead.

To learn more or book a consultation with our compliance team, contact us

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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.

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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.

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