EU bans the destruction of unsold apparel, clothing, accessories and footwear

Re:EU bans the destruction of unsold apparel, clothing, acce... by throw3e98 on Sunday February 15, 2026 @12:57PM (#47025801)

And in pre-industrial societies, peasants (almost entirely women, ranging from children to the elderly) commonly spent around 100 hours of labor to produce a single square yard of fabric to clothe their families (fabric was too expensive for peasants to buy, so most spun it at home).

So yeah, considering how necessary fabric is to human life, that isn't a terribly surprising figure.

Citation for the 100-ish hours: https://acoup.blog/2025/09/26/collections-life-work-death-an...

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Re:EU bans the destruction of unsold apparel, clothing, acce... by ericmcer on Sunday February 15, 2026 @02:21PM (#47026559)

There has to be a sweet spot between someone hand spinning wool for 100s of hours and an automated factory spitting 80% polymer based clothing directly into a trash can.

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Re:EU bans the destruction of unsold apparel, clothing, acce... by gabrieledarrigo on Sunday February 15, 2026 @04:11PM (#47027584)

Man, I really can't see your point. And so...?

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Re:EU bans the destruction of unsold apparel, clothing, acce... by mulmen on Monday February 16, 2026 @02:00PM (#47038820)

Try opening your eyes.

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Re:EU bans the destruction of unsold apparel, clothing, acce... by gabrieledarrigo on Monday February 16, 2026 @04:45PM (#47040747)

So you are telling me that quoting the time spent to build a single square yard of fabric in the pre-industrial society is a contextualized comment to the % of co2 emission for the fashion industry?

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Re:EU bans the destruction of unsold apparel, clothing, acce... by mulmen on Monday February 16, 2026 @07:56PM (#47042363)

Yes, that appears to be their point.

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