Read our series on ‘Made in Italy’ here, ‘Made in India’ here, and ‘Made in the UK’ here. Over the past five years, extended producer responsibility (EPR) has become one of the most highly anticipated and fiercely debated regulations in fashion. The result is fierce competition for scant funding, and a question no one seems able or willing to solve: how much should EPR schemes be charging producers, and how exactly should it be spent? “Without their investment and skill, more garments could go unsold and be disposed of as waste. So they spend money to recirculate the Global North’s discards, but receive no compensation from the EPR fee.