Landmark French law will stop unsold goods being thrown away
by Kim Willsher in Paris from Environment | The Guardian on (#4YP37)
Companies to be banned from destroying clothes, cosmetics and other items
France is to ban designer clothes and luxury goods companies from destroying unsold or returned items under a wide-ranging anti-waste law passed by parliament on Thursday.
The groundbreaking law, which the French government claims is a world first, also covers electrical items, hygiene products and cosmetics, which must now be reused, redistributed or recycled.
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