萬錦舊衣回收 1年140萬公斤!

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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

救世軍二手店收集捐贈衣物分類重用。資料圖片

假如你是萬錦市居民,以後再沒有借口說衣櫃騰不出空位!萬錦市政府自去年秋季推出一個全加國獨有的衣物回收服務,讓居民可以把舊衣服、鞋襪及毛巾等物品放進指定收集箱,毋須再當垃圾丟棄。新措施實行不足一年,已經減少140萬公斤的棄用衣物送到堆填區。

上月開始,萬錦市府已全面禁止居民把任何衣物放在路邊。該市廢物分流委員會主席兼副市長許正傑(Jack Heath)表示,市府收取的垃圾袋均是透明,可以清楚看到裏面的東西是否適當。如果有居民放入一隻襪子還算可以,整袋都是舊衣物,收垃圾的員工便不會拿走。

全市設75回收箱

在該市共有75個衣物回收箱,設在消防局、社區中心,甚至共管柏文大廈內,讓市民可以投放棄用的衣物。這些嶄新設計的收集箱會自動感應是否滿額、計算捐贈數量,並設有太陽能的保安攝錄機,防止非法傾倒及破壞行為。

但萬錦市府認為可以做得更好,市長薛家平稱,廢物管理部門發覺放在路邊的垃圾裝滿衣物,每個家庭棄掉15公斤。在整個約克區,這些衣物佔5至7%垃圾量。

該市與救世軍二手店(Salvation Army Thrift Store)、加拿大糖尿病協會(Diabetes Canada)及Value Village合作,免費收集這些捐贈衣物,然後分類可以重用、重穿戴或回收用途。

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