Recital (23)

In the context of this amending Directive, used textiles should be understood as separately collected textiles that are discarded by the end user, whether or not they are discarded with the intention and possibility for them to be re-used. At that stage, used textiles could be either fit for re-use or waste, as they have not been assessed. For that reason, used textiles that are separately collected should be considered to be waste upon collection unless they are directly handed over by end users and directly and professionally assessed as fit for re-use at the collection point by the re-use operator or social economy entities. Used textiles assessed as fit for re-use should be understood as textiles that have been assessed as fit for re-use after collection, sorting, preparing for re-use or after the direct professional assessment at the collection point. Used textiles assessed as fit for re-use should not be considered to be waste textile.