Producers and producer responsibility organisations should be actively involved in providing information to end users, in particular to consumers, that used and waste textile, textile-related and footwear products should be collected separately, that collection systems are available and that end users have an important role in ensuring waste prevention and an environmentally optimal management of waste textile. This should include information on the availability of re-use arrangements for textiles and footwear and the environmental benefits of sustainable consumption and the environmental, health and social impacts of the textile apparel industry. The end users should also be informed about the importance of making informed, responsible and sustainable textile consumption choices and of ensuring an environmentally optimal management of waste textile, textile-related and footwear products. Those information requirements apply in addition to the requirements on the provision of information to end users in relation to the textile products laid down in Regulations (EU) No 1007/2011 and (EU) 2024/1781 of the European Parliament and of the Council. The disclosure of information to all end users should make use of modern information technologies. The information should be provided both by conventional means, such as posters both indoors and outdoors, and social media campaigns, and by more innovative means, such as electronic access to websites provided by QR codes.
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