Design and implementation of the textile EPR system in Italy: a dialogue between institutions and value chain stakeholders

With the publication of Directive (EU) 2025/1892, Member States finally have a regulatory framework of reference for designing and implementing, at national level by 17 April 2028, extended producer responsibility for textiles. The ministerial regulation establishing textile EPR in Italy as well, after several institutional steps, is in the home stretch. The workshop will provide, in a first (institutional) session, the reference framework with respect to the regulatory context. Two round tables will follow: the first aimed at stimulating an open discussion between institutions and Stakeholder along the supply chain on the design and challenges of implementing textile EPR, while the second will explore the operational and organisational implications for the entire supply chain, also in light of the imminent (May 2027) European restrictions on the export of unsorted textile fractions. In particular, some industrial strategies needed to optimise the management of volumes and prevent system saturation will be presented, analysing possible synergies between major commercial players, collective systems and social cooperation networks.

Session Chair

Bernardo Piccioli Fioroni, CTS Ecomondo - Utilitalia 

Program

Institutional session - The national regulation establishing the extended producer responsibility regime for the textile products supply chain
Laura D'Aprile, Head of the Department for Sustainable Development, Ministry of Environment and Energy Security (TBC)

Round Table - Design and implementation of textile EPR: discussion among supply chain Stakeholder
Francesco Iacotucci, ANCI expert
Luca Campedello, General Director ERION Textiles
Lorenzo Perra, Vice President Utilitalia
Giuseppe Finocchiaro, RETESSILE

Round Table - The transformation of the supply chain between industrial and organisational challenges
Mauro Chezzi, Deputy Director Confindustria Moda
Alessandro Canovai, Director of environmental business unit, Plures
Grazia Cerini, CentroCot
Alberto Pizzocchero, RETESSILE SERVIZI

Discussion and closure by the Chairs