The initiative, presented at an institutional event, seeks to establish a collaborative and sustainable model for the selective collection of clothing and footwear. This project is crucial for advancing towards a more efficient and traceable system in textile waste management in Spain, especially in small and rural municipalities.
“"We are committed to recycling in all fields, and collecting clothes is a way to care for the environment, so that it does not get lost in the fields."
The pilot project in Lozoyuela-Navas-Sieteiglesias is implemented with three selective collection containers, distributed between Sieteiglesias and Lozoyuela, the main centers of the municipality. This arrangement allows for evaluating the model's operation in a rural environment with a population of approximately 1,479 inhabitants, dispersed across several urban centers.
Residents can deposit clothing, footwear, accessories, and home textiles in any condition, provided they are in closed bags. The collected materials will be transferred to classification centers for reuse or recycling. A public awareness campaign will be conducted through municipal channels to inform residents about the importance of their participation.
“"This pilot allows us to advance in the design of an effective textile waste collection system that works throughout the territory, including small municipalities like Lozoyuela-Navas-Sieteiglesias. Our goal is to build a model that takes into account all realities, from large cities to rural environments, and that guarantees more efficient, traceable, and sustainable textile waste management."
The participation of Lozoyuela-Navas-Sieteiglesias is strategic, as the lessons learned in this rural municipality will be fundamental for replicating the model in other similar areas nationwide. This project aims to define an operational framework among the agents involved in the textile waste management chain, anticipating the mandatory implementation of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) for textiles and footwear.
