09/08/2026
🇪🇺 Apparently I have a new business model… 😂
The EU wants less waste.
Great. Me too!
But apparently, if I want to sell and ship to customers in different EU countries, I may need to pay hundreds of euros per country for EPR registration and compliance.
For a tiny handmade business that might receive only a few orders from some countries…
Yeah.
That makes total sense. 🙃
So I’ve come up with a solution:
You order a hoodie.
You send me a photo of you
I Photoshop the hoodie onto you.
📸✨ Congratulations!
Your hoodie has arrived.
💥No shipping.
💥No packaging.
💥No waste.
💥10/10 sustainability. 😂
Obviously, I'm being sarcastic.
I have ready-to-ship items, I make things to order my clothes are sustainable , and I already try to avoid unnecessary waste.
But if the rules make it financially impossible for a small business to ship a handful of orders to certain countries…
Then what exactly are we achieving?
Because the end result isn't less waste.
It's simply:
“Sorry, I don't ship to your country anymore.”
And THAT is what pi**es me off.
I’m all for sustainability. 💜
Just don’t make sustainability so expensive that only the big companies can afford it.
Otherwise…
Photoshop it is. 😂
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