EU ESPR checker: unsold-clothes destruction ban, disclosure table, Digital Product Passport. Free, private

Who you are

What do you sell?

Your role

Size of your enterprise (including linked and partner enterprises)

Do you place goods on the EU market?

Unsold consumer products you discarded last year (optional)

Count products that left stock without a sale. Enter units and kilograms for each route; leave blank for none. Totals only, no customer data.

Preparation for reuse (resale, outlet, donation, repair): units

Preparation for reuse (resale, outlet, donation, repair): weight in kg

Remanufacture: units

Remanufacture: weight in kg

Recycling: units

Recycling: weight in kg

Energy recovery (incineration with energy recovery): units

Energy recovery (incineration with energy recovery): weight in kg

Disposal (landfill or incineration without recovery): units

Disposal (landfill or incineration without recovery): weight in kg

Reasons for discarding (short text, shown in the disclosure)

Digital Product Passport: what you already have

A unique product identifier for each model or batch (for example a GS1 GTIN), kept stable over the product's life

Identifiers for the economic operator and each production facility (for example GLN or EORI), with the importer or authorised representative named

Material composition by component with percentages, including recycled content where claimed

A supplier map with the location of each production step, back at least to the finishing and dyeing sites

Substances of concern in the product, checked against the REACH candidate list, with supplier declarations

Care, repair and end-of-life instructions that a consumer or recycler can act on

Environmental footprint figures (carbon, water) with the method used, where the delegated act asks for them

A data carrier (QR code or GS1 Digital Link) planned for the product, label or packaging, linking to the passport

Product data held in one structured file (CSV or JSON), with a named owner, instead of scattered documents

Date

Today (leave empty for the current date)

Choose what kind of product you sell, then click Check my readiness.

Result

What it does, and what it leaves to you

Destruction ban: large enterprises may not destroy unsold apparel, clothing accessories or footwear from 19 July 2026; medium-sized enterprises from 19 July 2030; micro and small enterprises are exempt.
Disclosure: enterprises that are not SMEs publish each year the number and weight of discarded unsold consumer products, the reasons, and the share per treatment route.
Passport: the Digital Product Passport is set product group by product group. Textiles are in the first wave of the Commission's working plan; the checklist is a starting list, not the final data set.
Not decided: the delegated act's exceptions to the ban, how your group counts for size, which of your items fall in a product group, final passport data fields and dates, and national enforcement rules.

Common questions

Can a fashion brand still destroy unsold clothes in the EU?

Not if it is a large enterprise. Under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (EU) 2024/1781, large enterprises may not destroy unsold apparel, clothing accessories or footwear from 19 July 2026. Medium-sized enterprises follow from 19 July 2030, and micro and small enterprises are exempt. Destroying means disposal or energy recovery; resale, donation, remanufacture and recycling stay open.

What do large companies have to publish about unsold goods?

Enterprises that are not SMEs must publish each year the number and weight of unsold consumer products they discard, the reasons, and the share sent to preparation for reuse, remanufacture, recycling, energy recovery and disposal. This page drafts that table from your own numbers.

What is a Digital Product Passport?

A structured record of a product's materials, origin, repair and end-of-life information, reached through a QR code or similar data carrier on the product. The ESPR creates it; product-specific delegated acts decide the data and the dates. Textiles are in the first wave of the Commission's working plan.

Does this apply to me if I sell from outside the EU?

The rules attach to products placed on the EU market, so a non-EU brand selling to EU consumers is covered, usually through an importer or authorised representative in the EU. Marketplaces have their own duties.

Is my data uploaded anywhere?

No. Everything is calculated in your browser and nothing is sent. Stock figures stay on your device; closing the tab discards them.