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EU proposes new rules to discourage disposable fast fashion

FILE - Garment employees work at Arrival Fashion Limited in Gazipur, Bangladesh, Saturday, March 13, 2021. The European Union warned consumers to stop using their clothes like throwaway items and said Wednesday, March 30, 2022, that it plans to counter the polluting use of mass-market fast fashion. In 2019, the 27-nation bloc imported over 80 billion euros ($89.2 billion) in clothes, mainly from China, Bangladesh and Turkey, according to the European Commission, and the average consumer throws away 11 kilos (over 24 pounds) of textiles a year. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu, File) FILE - People walk past a display window of a Zara shop at the Gran Via avenue in Madrid, Wednesday, March 14, 2018. The European Union warned consumers to stop using their clothes like throwaway items and said Wednesday, March 30, 2022, that it plans to counter the polluting use of mass-market fast fashion. Fast fashion is most closely associated in Europe with the high street -- commercial areas where clothes-hunters shop at mass-market retailers such as H&M, Primark and Zara. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, File) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen rings a bell to signal the start of the European Commission weekly College Meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, March 30, 2022. The European Union is warning consumers to stop using their clothing like throwaway tissues and is planning measures to counter the spiraling use of polluting "fast fashion." (Kenzo Tribouillard, Pool Photo via AP) European Commissioner for European Green Deal Frans Timmermans arrives for the European Commission weekly College Meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, March 30, 2022. The European Union is warning consumers to stop using their clothing like throwaway tissues and is planning measures to counter the spiraling use of polluting "fast fashion." (Kenzo Tribouillard, Pool Photo via AP) European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, center, speaks at the start of the European Commission weekly College Meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, March 30, 2022. The European Union is warning consumers to stop using their clothing like throwaway tissues and is planning measures to counter the spiraling use of polluting "fast fashion." (Kenzo Tribouillard, Pool Photo via AP) European Commissioner for Economy Paolo Gentiloni, right, speaks with European Commissioner for European Green Deal Frans Timmermans during the European Commission weekly College Meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels, Wednesday, March 30, 2022. The European Union is warning consumers to stop using their clothing like throwaway tissues and is planning measures to counter the spiraling use of polluting "fast fashion." (Kenzo Tribouillard, Pool Photo via AP)