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The City of Caravaca de la Cruz, through its Department of Environment, has increased the number of containers for the collection of footwear, toys and clothes.
They have installed 14 new bins in public, so that a total of 31 distributed by the town and the districts.
The new points are enabled on the road to Granada, at the height of the old stock of wheat, and on the streets Argentina and Mother Maria Rosa Molas.
It also extends this service to caravaqueñas districts, with contenders in Los Prados, Pinilla, The Almudema, Singla, Navares Caneja, Barranda Benablon, Archivel, The Incarnation and The Royos.
The collection and recycling of material deposited by the citizens in these containers is for the Partnership Project Abraham, which yields to poor families referred by social services and organizations like Red Cross and what is not suitable for use as a "second hand "goes to companies in the textile recovery.
Also, some of the items offered for sale at greatly reduced prices in the store-trail that the association is located on Calle Juan Carlos I.
In addition to the environmental objective is achieved with the reuse of materials, Project Abraham also serves a social purpose by creating jobs, as the collection and processing of clothing, footwear and toys allows the hiring of people at risk and / or social exclusion.
The Councillor for Environment, Antonia Maria Alvarez Jorquera, said that "it has decided to extend the number of containers in the street because they have very well received by residents of Caravaca de la Cruz, and that so far this year 30,018 pounds were collected and from which were installed in early 2010 the total amount of clothing, footwear and toys deposited amounts to 170,702 pounds, according to statistics provided by the association Project Abraham. "
Source: Ayuntamiento de Caravaca de la Cruz
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