Creating an EPR Data Sandbox to drive circularity in UK fashion

我们的项目将评估一个公平和平衡的行业主导的延伸生产者责任（EPR）制度的可行性，该制度可以推动英国时装系统向循环经济过渡。这需要一个激进和创新的方法来整理市场数据，适当的激励转向循环期权，并适当地抑制线性系统。该系统必须适应所有供应链参与者：设计师、制造商、品牌、零售商、零售平台（包括转售和出租服装），服务提供商（例如清洁、改造和修理）、旧衣服收集者、分拣员、商人，这一项目具有独特的创新性，因为以前所有的生产者责任制都是由政府通过传统的这些方法通常只关注寿命终止和回收，不能适应快速发展的市场。据说，一些时尚品牌每天发布多达1,000条新产品线。英国政府认识到在新领域实施有效的EPR的挑战。因此，政府一直不愿推行可能会不公平地惩罚低收入人士或无意中扭曲市场的措施。我们的项目将与主要的设计、制造、零售、收集和回收贸易组织合作，评估和测试一个可行的、以数据为主导、以市场为基础的生产者责任制度，该制度可以动态、灵活和适应新技术的出现，零售系统和消费者行为。输出将为英国时装和纺织品行业提供价值证明模型，但也可能复制到其他EPR市场，包括床垫，轮胎，地毯等。

Our project will assess the feasibility of a fair and balanced industry-led extended producer responsibility (EPR) system that can drive the transition to circular economy in the UK fashion system.This requires a radical and innovative approach to market data collation, appropriate incentivisation to switch to circular options and appropriate disincentivisation of linear systems. The system must accommodate all supply chain players: designers, manufacturers, brands, retailers, retail platforms (including those that are for resale and rental of clothing), service providers (e.g. cleaning, alteration and repair), collectors of used clothing, sorters, merchants, recyclers and reprocessors.This project is uniquely innovative because all previous producer responsibility systems have been implemented by governments through traditional policy & regulatory mechanisms - for example WEEE, batteries, packaging, etc. Such approaches typically focused only on end of life and recycling, and cannot adopt to rapidly evolving markets. Some fashion brands are said to be releasing up to **_1,000 new product lines each day_**.The UK government recognises the challenges of implementing effective EPR in new areas. As a result, it has been hesitant to implement measures that might unfairly penalise those on low incomes or unintentionally distort the market.Our project will work with key design, manufacturing, retail, collection and recycling trade organisations to assess and test a feasible, data-led market-based EPR system that can be dynamic, flexible and adapt to the emergence of new technologies, retail systems and consumer behaviour.The output will deliver a proof of value model for the UK fashion & textiles sector but may also be replicable to other EPR markets including mattresses, tyres, carpets, etc.