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Victoria Namkung in Los Angeles

Clothes piling up in your closet? A landmark California bill would mandate brands recycle them

A woman wearing a cream sweater folds clothes and places them into a cardboard box
If passed, Californians can bring unwanted and damaged apparel and household textiles to thrift stores, charities and other collection sites throughout the state. Photograph: FilippoBacci/Getty Images

Let’s say you bought a new pair of jeans and wore them for a few years before deciding it was time to part ways. You could throw them away, or, if you wanted a more environmentally friendly option, you might try to sell or swap them or donate them to a local thrift store.

Either way, the onus is on you to pass those jeans on, and hope for the best. But a new California bill that tackles the growing problem of fashion and textile waste could change the way we get rid of our clothes, putting the burden on clothing producers to implement a system for recycling the wares that they sell.

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