Producer Responsibility Organisation (PRO)

Please note: The following information may not be relevant to all Vendors. To confirm whether you are required to join the Refashion Producer Responsibility Organisation under AGEC, we recommend you complete the survey on their website to assess. You can complete this survey here. If you have questions on this topic, we recommend reaching out to Refashion directly for their support.

Under the AGEC Law, producers, importers and distributors are obligated to comply with Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) schemes by partnering with authorised Producer Responsibility Organisations (PROs) to manage the environment impact of their products.

There are a variety of PROs that apply to the different EPR product categories. Vendors should ensure that they have joined the appropriate PROs based on the product(s) that they are shipping to URBN.

Refashion is the textile industry’s PRO (clothing, household linen and footwear). Its role is to oversee the prevention and end-of-life management of these items for the companies which place them on the market. Information on how to register can be found here.

Key requirements include:

• Producers of textiles, furniture, toys, electronics, and other regulated categories must join a PRO.
• Producers pay fees to PROs to fund waste collection, recycling, and disposal. Fees are adjusted based on product eco-design.
• Products must include the Triman logo and sorting instructions to guide consumers on recycling.
• Transparent data on product quantities, waste management, and recycling must be shared with PROs.

Producer Responsibility Organisations (PROs) apply for various product categories, not limited to the textiles example provided above. These include household packaging, electronics, toys, and furniture, and the obligations of these PROs may also differ. The table outlined in the Triman Logo section on Recycling Systems, shows some examples of PROs for these other product categories.