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A proposal from the Department of Environment, the Municipality of Lorca and the National Abraham Project, which operates in the Region of Murcia and Immigrant Service Center and other groups and Care Center for Children have agreed to launch a collection program used clothing, footwear and toys.
The agreement aims to reduce the volume of urban textile waste that is thrown in landfills and social work with the program that the National Association Abraham Project conducted in the Region of Murcia, for which fifteen initially installed collection bins clothes in the town.
The mayor of the Environment, Melchor Morales commented that "the container has a volume of 2,000 cubic meters of capacity and dimensions of the tank enabled the type of waste that is intended, with a mouth load to 1.45 meters above the ground for a total height of around 2 meters.
Both the front and side took just over 1 meter. "
Morales also referred to "the location points are determined by the council, through its concessionaire in this area, Limusa, and in accordance with applicable planning rules have considered the following: In the town, Avenida Europe (with Siglo XXI), Santa Clara island (near underground), Virgen de las Huertas island (near underground) and La Viña (C / Banks, along the park) and in the districts of Almendricos, Doña Inés, La Hoya, Morata , La Paca, La Parroquia, Ramonete, Rio (Ctra Caravaca), Zarcilla Palm Zarzadilla of Totana and Purias "
The association shall, in addition, a social work information through lectures in schools, exhibitions, conferences, etc.
aimed at the general population, which will be accompanied by a commitment to carrying out municipal outreach and awareness among the citizenry, and to publish the places of deposit of such waste.
With this implement in the type of household waste fractions, the municipality of Lorca goes a step further in achieving its goal of sustainability and responsibility under the Local Agenda 21 has started on the protection of the environment, making directly involve citizens who, in consultations with the Customer device of the municipal company, claiming this type of service so far provided only for disposal at the Waste Management Centre, incapable of use for this area.
The town of Lorca, by this agreement, it stands as one of the most capable in the selection of household solid waste, coexisting by containerization and other systems of collection, the glass, paper and cardboard, plastic and metal packaging , used cooking oils, electrical and electronic equipment, batteries, and the latter of fabric.
Even has promoted and led to regional level reuse of text material for students which are then used in economically disadvantaged countries, from local to global.
Environmental protection is achieved by preventing the discharge of materials that can be reused reduce raw material consumption, contributes to the social commitment to a program of separation, recycling and recovery and job creation.
In the past ten years, according to official sources, has prevented more than 5.5 million kilos of waste textiles, footwear and toys end up in landfills.
About Project Abraham
The non-governmental entity began operating in 1984 with the collection of what people left on their doors after pasting the posters announcing his subsequent collection.
Two decades later as one of the main programs of social and labor integration of people excluded or at risk of exclusion, which also has become Urban Textile waste manager.
The NGO is for collecting, sorting, storage and sale or recycling of used clothing, with the social connotation of serving their integration goals by donating clothes to the needy, job creation among groups of difficult employability and cooperation with developing countries.
Your containers are installed in various municipalities in the Region of Murcia, which number more than 300 pieces of fabric.
In the workplace of Lorquí classified items, and then allocated to the stores closet or trails.
90% of the collection is sold to textile recyclers, who spent the African markets reusable and unusable for recycling processes.
In the closet or traces stores sold the best pieces at symbolic prices (between 1 and 3 euros).
That outfit is labeled with a distinctive identifying the product with the recycling and solidarity, "ME-BA-SO ', cheap, social and environmental
Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca
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