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The City of Lorca and the National Abraham Project have agreed to launch a program of selective collection of 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 of Lorca.

Each of these containers have a capacity of 2 cubic meters and a size authorized for the deposit of the type of waste that is intended, with a mouth load to 1.45 meters and a total height of 2 meters.

Both the front and side occupy little more than 1 meter.

As noted by the Environment Councillor, Melchor Morales, "the City, through the municipal cleaning company, Limusa, place these containers in Jerome Santa Fe (with school), Avenida Europa (next Siglo XXI), Santa Clara island , islet Virgen de las Huertas and La Viña (near park) and San Antonio, and in the hamlets of Almendricos, Doña Inés, La Hoya, Morata, La Paca, La Parroquia, Ramonete, Rio, Palm and Purias Zarcilla. "

With this measure, the municipality of Lorca goes a step further in achieving its goal of sustainability and responsibility within the framework of Local Agenda 21 has started on the protection of the environment, by directly involve citizens.

Moreover, "the town stands as one of the most capable in terms of selection of household solid waste, coexisting by containerization and other systems of collection, the glass, paper and carton, plastic and metal, used oil kitchen and electronic appliances, batteries, and textile latter, "said Morales.

In addition, "has promoted and led to regional level reuse of text material for students which are then used in economically disadvantaged countries."

The Abraham Project, an NGO created in 1984 and serving in the Region of Murcia and Immigrant Service Center and other groups and Care Center for Children, has installed more than 300 containers of textiles in the whole autonomous community ..

Through this collection textile, Abraham Project achieve its goals: donating clothes to the needy, job creation among groups of difficult employability and cooperation with developing countries.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Lorca