The California Retailers Association, the American Apparel & Footwear Association and the National Retail Federation have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly establish an independent, 501(c)(3) Producer Responsibility Organization dedicated to ensuring that apparel and textiles are diverted from landfill and collected, repaired, reused, and recycled after use in compliance with California’s first-in-the-nation Extended Producer Responsibility law for textiles, SB 707. 

The associations are in the process of formally establishing the PRO and will announce the organization’s name and a website with additional information in the near future. In the meantime, interested parties can sign up for future communications and updates and reach out to info@CAtextilepro.org for more information.