When must EU brands disclose the unsold products they discard?

Large companies already have to disclose the unsold consumer products they discard under the EU's Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation. A standard disclosure format applies from February 2027, and medium-sized companies come in from 2030. Your EU buyer reports it, but may ask you for product data.

Timeline

• Disclosure duty: already applies to large companies.
• Standardised format under the implementing regulation: from February 2027.
• Medium-sized companies: 2030.

What it covers

The volumes of unsold consumer products a company discards as waste. The destruction ban itself applies to apparel, clothing accessories and footwear, while disclosure covers discarded unsold consumer products.

How to be ready

• Keep product codes, weights and materials per style or SKU on your invoices.
• Track returns sent back to you and what you do with them.
• Keep the carbon footprint per piece ready if the buyer combines this with climate reporting.

What Senseible does here

Senseible keeps per-order records from your invoices, so product weights and emissions per piece are on hand when a buyer asks.

• EU rules besides CBAM
• Scope 3 supplier evidence

Sources: European Commission press release on circulareconomy.europa.eu, New EU rules to stop the destruction of unsold clothes and shoes (11 February 2026)

Last reviewed 2026-11-02.