Public Advocacy Materials

Policy Comments + Coalition Letters

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Selected documents below illustrate our role in shaping U.S. and international textile circularity policy:

• Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity (APEP) Press Release — announcing our perspective on opportunities for circular textiles within regional trade and sustainability frameworks.

• Americas Act Press Release — highlighting our support for U.S. legislation promoting circularity, domestic manufacturing, and trade alignment.

• FTC Green Guides Comment — submitted to the Federal Trade Commission to strengthen guidelines on environmental marketing claims for textiles.

• FTC Textiles Reuse & Recycling Comment — providing recommendations on definitions and standards for textile reuse, repair, and recycling.

• EPA Plastics Pollution Comment — offering input to the Environmental Protection Agency on reducing fiber fragmentation and plastics pollution from textiles.

• Congressional Circularity Solutions Press Release — announcing our participation in a briefing to the Sustainable Energy and Environment Coalition and the Slow Fashion Caucus, outlining federal pathways for circular textile policy.

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