2023-07-11 15:10:00
To repair the leather of your shoes, it will be possible to obtain up to 25 euros in aid. Count 8 euros to glue a sole. For clothing, a mended liner will see between 10 and 25 euros of the bill funded by the state. Bérangère Couillard, Secretary of State for Ecological Transition, announced on Tuesday the establishment of a bonus to bring about a “circular economy” in the textile industry.
The aid will be put in place as soon as 500 dressmakers and shoemakers are labeled with Refashion, state partner eco-organisation. “We are aiming for an implementation by mid-October,” provides Elsa Chassagnette, head of the repair fund. For the moment, the labeling objectives have only been halfway met, with 250 craftsmen having submitted their applications.
This boost from the State should allow everyone to have their clothes repaired by a local craftsman or “in brand repair workshops”, specifies the Secretary of State. One of the fears would be that the mesh on the territory is not fine enough. “Someone shouldn’t have to travel 50 or 100 km to repair their clothes,” predicts Bérangère Couillard. The labels will therefore be accessible without conditions of company size or brand affiliation.
The eco-score, or the promise of more responsible consumption
The ministry’s roadmap also provides for the implementation of an eco-score. By 2024, and on a voluntary basis, companies will have at their disposal a scale allowing them to calculate the ecological score of the garment sold. Among the eight criteria used to calculate this evaluation, appears the reparability of the product. Because a durable garment must also be able to have a second life.
To encourage consumers to rehabilitate their clothes rather than buy them back, “the price of the repair must be less than a third of the purchase price”, insists Bérangère Couillard.
To sew up a hole, the State will soon allocate 7 euros. Enough to relaunch the work of artisan dressmakers and shoemakers, very weakened by ultra fast fashion and economic crises.
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