S 8502 New York Senate · 2025 Regular Session

Enacts the "fast fashion waste responsibility act"

This bill requires textile producers (brands and manufacturers selling clothing, footwear, or home textiles in New York) to manage the end-of-life waste from their products starting in 2027. Key mechanisms include mandating producers to join or create a shared organization for waste collection, pay fees based on sales volume, establish in-store take-back systems, and report annually on recycling/reuse rates. It also requires new labels showing recycled content, origin, and environmental impact scores, while offering fee reductions for eco-friendly designs. The goal is to reduce New York’s annual 200+ million pounds of textile waste in landfills by shifting responsibility to producers and funding recycling programs through a dedicated waste fund.
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Sep 2025
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Introduced Sep 10, 2025 Last action Jan 7, 2026
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Jan 7, 2026
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