万锦旧衣回收 1年140万公斤!

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Jeff Williamson (L) and Terra Green search for coats in a Salvation Army store in Williston, North Dakota January 13, 2015. They arrived in Williston earlier that day in search of work in the Bakken oil field. The Salvation Army gave them clothing and food vouchers since they did not have enough to weather the frigid North Dakota winter. Like so many before them, Terra Green, Jeff Williamson and Bazileo Hernandez came to North Dakota's oil country seeking a better life. They just came too late. Itinerant, unskilled workers could as recently as last spring show up in the No. 2 U.S. oil producing state and vie for salaries north of $100,000 per year with guaranteed housing. The steep drop in oil prices has changed that. After trying unsuccessfully for over a month to find work, the friends decided to leave Williston. To match Special Report USA-NORTH DAKOTA/BUST REUTERS/Andrew Cullen/File Photo

救世军二手店收集捐赠衣物分类重用。资料图片

假如你是万锦市居民,以后再没有借口说衣柜腾不出空位!万锦市政府自去年秋季推出一个全加国独有的衣物回收服务,让居民可以把旧衣服、鞋袜及毛巾等物品放进指定收集箱,毋须再当垃圾丢弃。新措施实行不足一年,已经减少140万公斤的弃用衣物送到堆填区。

上月开始,万锦市府已全面禁止居民把任何衣物放在路边。该市废物分流委员会主席兼副市长许正杰(Jack Heath)表示,市府收取的垃圾袋均是透明,可以清楚看到里面的东西是否适当。如果有居民放入一只袜子还算可以,整袋都是旧衣物,收垃圾的员工便不会拿走。

全市设75回收箱

在该市共有75个衣物回收箱,设在消防局、社区中心,甚至共管柏文大厦内,让市民可以投放弃用的衣物。这些崭新设计的收集箱会自动感应是否满额、计算捐赠数量,并设有太阳能的保安摄录机,防止非法倾倒及破坏行为。

但万锦市府认为可以做得更好,市长薛家平称,废物管理部门发觉放在路边的垃圾装满衣物,每个家庭弃掉15公斤。在整个约克区,这些衣物占5至7%垃圾量。

该市与救世军二手店(Salvation Army Thrift Store)、加拿大糖尿病协会(Diabetes Canada)及Value Village合作,免费收集这些捐赠衣物,然后分类可以重用、重穿戴或回收用途。

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