France to help pay for clothes to be mended to cut waste.

People will be able to claim back €6-€25 of cost of repairing clothes and shoes in latest environmental measure ~ I shared this back in July, and wish @refashion.fr well with the roll-out, we’d love an update since we launched the salvaged speed loom.

We are all keen to see how this goes over in France.

Kim Willsher reported in The Guardian: “From October, people will be able to claim back between €6 and €25 of the cost of mending clothes and shoes in workshops or at cobblers that have joined the scheme.
Bérangère Couillard, the secretary of state for ecology, announced the financial incentives during a visit to a responsible fashion hub @lacaserneparis in Paris. The repair bonus will be paid from a €154m fund the government has set aside for the next five years, she said.
She invited all sewing workshops and shoemakers to join the scheme, which will be run by the eco-organisation Refashion. “The goal is to support those who carry out repairs,” Couillard said during the visit. This would encourage workshops and retailers to offer repair services with “the hope of recreating jobs”.

Links: https://refashion.fr/en
and July 12 2023 article: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/12/stitch-in-time-france-to-help-pay-for-clothes-to-be-mended-to-cut-waste