Wednesday, July 20, 2022Avila's digital newspaperWednesday, July 20, 2022Avila's digital newspaperThis was explained by the mayor of Ávila, Jesús Manuel Sánchez Cabrera, and the president of Fundabem, Fernando García, accompanied by two workers from the association and the Ávila City Councilor for the Environment.This initiative "has been reserved for the first time to special employment centers", and in this case it was a "public tender in which Fundabem participated and was the company awarded this service that aims to give clothing a second useful life." used”.In this way, five Fundabem workers will be in charge of collecting the clothes from 30 containers distributed through the streets and annexed neighborhoods of Ávila, with the aim of giving these fabrics a second life.At first, the collection route will be carried out twice a week, however, as the mayor of the city himself has pointed out, if the containers contain "a lot of clothes" the operators will approach to "give the best service depending on the needs”.For his part, García thanked the City Council of Ávila for his support in allowing them to carry out this collection of clothing that allows them to “enter the labor market for people with different abilities”.“It is a way of collaborating with the city and with the entire population in general, something that we always do at Fundabem,” he points out.Recycle and create jobsWith this collection, the association aims to "create jobs for people with disabilities" and, in addition, "that there is no waste in everything that is textile clothing and footwear".And it is that, “we must not allow ourselves to throw away things that can be used”.Thanks to this initiative, Fundabem and the Ávila City Council are going to “make the circular economy a reality” from the homes of the people of Ávila.Those residues that cannot be used for second-hand sales "will have different uses in recovery stations" such as, for example, they can be useful in car upholstery.The goal is to "completely take advantage of all the textile and footwear waste".Of course, from Fundabem they ask for citizen collaboration and, in addition to depositing their old clothes in these containers, they have explained that it is better that the bags are closed: "it makes work easier, above all, on days like these when we exceed 30 degrees and within of the container up to 40”.From Fundabem they hope to exceed 100 thousand kilos of clothing collection in a year and they hope to be able to put more containers around the city to facilitate this collection for citizens and, therefore, recycle more volume of fabrics.A project for the futureClothes that can have a second life will be included in 'Moda Re' by Cáritas, a project that brings together clothes from thousands of municipalities and what “is in good condition is sold in stores as worthy as any other”.Although, García does not rule out that, in the future, when the workers receive the necessary information for this, they can also carry out this work from Fundabem.The containers have been installed on the World Heritage Avenue, Lituania, Cronista Eduardo Ruiz Ayúcar, San Pedro Bautista, Virgen de la Portería, Valladolid (with Juan Ángel Nebreda), Castilla, Arévalo (with Paseo 2 de Mayo) and Río streets. Pomar (Clean Point).These containers have also been installed on Paseo Don Carmelo, Plaza San Nicolás (with Burgohondo road) and Virreina María Dávila Street (with Jacinto Benavente), Cerco Oviedo, Calderón de la Barca, Perpetuo Socorro, Rafael de Antonio (with Plaza Discovery), Fray Gil, Doctor Jesús Galán, Juan de Yepes, Maceros, Chronicler Gil González Dávila, Jesús Jiménez, Agustín Rodríguez Sahagún and Madreselva.Likewise, the annexed neighborhoods of Narrillos de San Leonardo, Aldea del Rey Niño, Vicolozano-Brieva, Bernuy Salinero, Urraca Miguel and Alamedilla del Berrocal will have these containers.This is the opinion of the readers, not that of this medium.We reserve the right to delete innapropiate comments.Participation implies that you have read and accept the Rules of Participation and Privacy PolicyFor security we keep your IP 104.148.24.2There are no comments yet.Tietar Valley Interpretation CenterFrom Thursday, July 21, 2022 to Sunday, July 24, 2022Day Friday, July 22, 2022Sunday, June 05, 2022Sunday, June 12, 2022Day Saturday, June 18, 2022Day Saturday, June 25, 2022Sunday, July 03, 2022Sunday, July 10, 2022Sunday, July 17, 2022Sunday, July 24, 2022Wednesday, July 06, 2022Sunday, July 24, 2022You may also be interested...Write your email and we will send you a link to write a new password.