Repairing a heel can claim 7 euros! France will reward "sewing and repairing for another three years" for shoes | clothing | France
According to a plan announced by the French government on the 11th, if people repair damaged clothing and shoes and continue to wear them, they can apply for corresponding monetary rewards from the government.
According to Agence France Presse, the State Secretary in charge of ecology, Berengel Kuyar, announced this plan at an event that day, which was launched in October this year with a total fund of 154 million euros. People can claim 7 euros for repairing a heel, and 10 to 25 euros for repairing clothes.
According to reports, a total of 3.3 billion pieces of clothing, shoes, and household textiles were put on the market in France last year, and the French throw away 700000 tons of clothing each year, two-thirds of which become garbage.
Following the launch of the home appliance reuse incentive plan, the French government began promoting large-scale reforms in the textile industry at the end of last year, and the plan announced on the 11th was part of the reform.