Tons of textile waste spilled in front of the Senate to protest against his “inertia”

Ten tonnes of textile waste was poured on Friday March 14 in front of the Senate, the STOP Fast-Fashion collective said in a press release transmitted to Franceinfo. In the photos published on Instagram by the Association Amis de la Terre, we can see many black and yellow trash bags, packed in front of the gates of the Luxembourg garden where the Senate is located. At the top of the heap, a model dressed in clothes, with a sign “No to Fast Fashion”.

This collective brings together in particular the NGO Max Havelaar, Friends of the Earth, Emmaüs, Actionaid, Zerowaste, and fights for the Senate to adopt the Anti Fast-Fashion law. A “photo operation” is also planned with influencers and companies underway, indicates the collective, with actions in the regions.

The bill against fast food voted by the National Assembly in March 2024 was then dismissed from the Senate agenda. Now, writes the collective, “The inertia around this law, which aims to put an end to the social and environmental drifts of fast food, is all the more problematic as a majority of political representatives, industrialists and civil society organizations are aligned with the need for its adoption”. According to the STOP Fast-Fashion collective, “Only the companies concerned by the application of the law are opposed to it”.

In order to penalize the “disposable mode” which came largely from Asia, the bill, carried by the deputies of the Horizons group, provides in particular the implementation of a penalty to compensate for the environmental impact of these clothes. The penalty, by 2030, could thus reach up to 50% of the sale price. The bill also provides for the ban on advertising for these clothes, like the Evin law for alcoholic beverages.