Romania’s total waste imports increased nearly 19-fold between 2008 and 2024, from approximately 46,600 tonnes to more than 865,000 tonnes (*National Institute of Statistics (INS)) · During the analysed period, Romania recorded significantly higher waste imports in categories such as paper, plastic materials, metals, and...

Many local administrations in Romania risk fines from oversight authorities due to their inability to establish a functional system for collecting and reusing textile waste—from consumers to the stage where it becomes a resource. This is the conclusion of the analysis “X-ray of Textile...