Textile Waste Act, 2025
Sponsored by McMahon, Mary-Margaret · First Reading Ordered for Second Reading
- Amends the Resource Recovery and Circular Economy Act, 2016 to address textile waste
- Minister must start a review within three months to include textiles as a designated waste material
- Minister must consult clothing companies, waste service providers, non-profits, municipalities and the Resource Productivity and Recovery Authority
- Responsibility for textile waste should generally fall on the brand holder, importer or retailer based in Canada
- Minister must report findings and a timeline to the Legislative Assembly within six months of starting the review
- A progress update is required three months after that report
- If textiles remain undesignated, the Minister must report every two months until they are designated