Red garbage container. The residents liked the new container
A new garbage container appeared at one of the properties in Krakow. It turns out that this is an initiative of the residents, for which they do not have to incur additional costs.
In Krakow, at one of the properties at ul. A red garbage can appeared to Lea. You can throw in it: clothes, shoes, towels, curtains or bedding.
A new garbage container in Krakow. Residents’ initiative
It turns out that this is not the city’s idea, but a housing community’s. As Krzysztof Pękala, property manager from Nawigator Nieruchomości, told the Local Government Portal, the initiative was created at the request of residents. – Although textiles could be stored in bulk, this created unnecessary mess – says Pękala.
It is worth emphasizing that the introduction of a new container and the removal of textiles does not involve additional costs for residents. The waste rate remains unchanged and the collected items will be disposed of as bulky waste.
Pękala does not rule out that, if residents are interested, more containers will appear at other properties. The advantage of this solution is undoubtedly convenience. As Radio Zet notes, previously, people who wanted to get rid of old clothes or used fabrics often had to go to Selective Municipal Waste Collection Points (PSZOK). Although such points are available in every commune, for many residents they constituted a barrier – both logistical and time-wise.
– This is a small change, but very important from the point of view of residents’ everyday practices, because it provides an opportunity for convenient selective collection of textiles, which in many cases have so far been included in mixed waste. Even though Krakow is very proactive in this matter – because in addition to the possibility of dropping off textiles at PSZOK, it also offers collection of textiles “on the phone” from your door – the creation of a good (convenient and effective) system for the selective collection of textiles is the basis for further steps – emphasizes in an interview with the Local Government Portal Anna Sapota, vice president for public affairs for North-Eastern Europe in the TOMRA group, which is a pioneer in the field of automatic textile sorting.
