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In the European Union, around 6.9 million tons of textile waste are generated every year. Only a small part is collected separately and reused or recycled, but the majority is landfilled or incinerated. The EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles has created a policy framework that will make separate collection mandatory from 2025. However, a prerequisite for effective measures is a precise understanding of the quantities, qualities and recycling routes of post-consumer textiles. While studies are already available in Western and Northern Europe, there is a lack of reliable data from Southern and Eastern Europe. The Joint Research Centre's study "Fate and Composition of Textile Waste from Italy, the Czech Republic and Romania" closes this gap and analyses textile waste from Italy, the Czech Republic and Romania.