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Giving a second life to 1.5 million garments: the challenge of European Week for Waste Reduction
16-11-2024
Recovering 1.5 million items of clothing in 9 days to avoid the emission of more than 2,200 tons of CO2 during this period. This is the challenge that Humana faces during the European Week for Waste Reduction, which begins this Saturday and runs until November 24. Last year, the social economy entity collected 1.4 million; this year it wants to surpass this number to give a second life to as much textile waste as possible.
The European Week for Waste Reduction, which is now in its 16th edition, encourages awareness-raising actions on the sustainable management of resources and waste. With this premise, Humana wants to raise awareness among the population about the importance of depositing clothes and footwear that they do not need in selective collection points, to give them a second life: 6 out of 10 items of clothing classified by the social economy entity have a new life through reuse, a proportion that increases to 90% when adding recycling processes.
Humana's action within the framework of the European Week for Waste Reduction "prevents a huge amount of textile waste from ending up in a landfill," says Rafael Mas, director of Projects and External Relations of the Foundation, who adds: "Beyond the recovered clothing, the most important thing is to explain to the public the destination of all this clothing."
Where to deposit used clothing
Donations are deposited at selective collection points for used clothing: either in the 5,000 green containers located on public roads throughout Spain or those inside the 51 sustainable fashion stores that the entity has in Madrid, Barcelona, Seville and Granada. The recovered textile waste is taken to the preparation plants for reuse that the Foundation manages in Leganés (Madrid) and l’Ametlla del Vallès (Barcelona).
“The management of these items of clothing and footwear allows them to return to the market as sustainable and reused fashion. This process has an environmental and social purpose, since the funds generated allow the execution of development cooperation projects in southern countries and social actions in Spain,” explains Rafael Mas. “As specialists in reuse, our objective is to obtain the maximum use of textile waste, being faithful to the EU Waste Hierarchy, which places prevention and reuse before recycling and disposal,” he adds.
Awareness workshops for the European Week for Waste Reduction
Humana promotes, together with its collaborators, several awareness workshops, for the European Week for Waste Reduction.
- November 16. Rubí
- November 22. Parets del Vallès
- November 23. Palamós and Calella
