Eisenach fights against garbage chaos: overcrowded old clothing container!

Eisenach fights against garbage chaos: overcrowded old clothing container!

In Thuringia, the situation with the old clothing containers is increasingly tipping: Volunteers of the German Red Cross (DRK) in Eisenach report crowded and torn containers. In addition to actually useful clothing, household waste and intolerable textiles are increasingly stored. This development represents an "absolute imposition" for the sorters, as the management of the DRK records. Current pictures document this misery: broken and dirty shoes are where there would have been well -preserved clothing. The effort caused by the climbing of the litter to dispose of unusable donations is heavily on the shoulders of the volunteers.

Although the city of Eisenach has already started the reconnaissance campaigns and draws attention to the problem through press releases, a clear cause of the increase in the litter remains unnamed. Citizens are asked to hand over clothing at other locations or directly on the recycling center if the containers are already full. Illegal deposits of bulky waste and residual waste are not only forbidden, but also represent a clear administrative offense.

a growing problem

Similar scenarios can not only be observed in Thuringia. In many German municipalities, the old clothing containers fight against the "massive garbage problem" and the "clothing chaos". The old clothing collection is not just about passing on donations to people in need; It is also an essential possibility of financing for numerous volunteers that are operated by the DRK. But the market has changed drastically. Reports show that the development of kilo prices for textiles leads to little profits in the collection and recovery. Many customers of old textiles are now insolvent or are facing bankruptcy.

In addition, the EU directive prepares many donors and the population in general headaches for the "separation of separation for textile waste". The Association (VKU) speaks of a crisis on the old textile market and warns of an impending "system collapse" in textile recycling. "We end up with around 1.3 million tons of non-reusable textiles that have to find a sales market," said a VKU Vice President. The increase in the quantity of inferior old clothes made of fast fashion meets stricter conditions for recycling.

The disposal system on the limit

The challenges in disposal are huge. The DRK announces that five percent of the clothing collected is held back in disaster protection camps, while most of the majority is handed over to a recycling company. This then processes the textiles into products such as flaps or plaster flaps. But here, too, the systems reach their limits, since the current exploitation methods are saturated for items of clothing that can no longer be used. Solutions such as "fiber-to-fiber recycling" could be available in the future, but the rules for it will only come into force in a few years.

citizens are therefore asked to throw only sustainable, clean and dry clothing into the containers. A good knack for donations is required to make the burden of volunteers easier. But the disorders from illegal disposal do not want to calm down. It remains to be seen how the municipality can manage these challenges and whether it will be possible to put the old clothing containers back into a functioning state.

Thuringia24 reports of the critical location, while the DRK Thuringia delivers precise figures for textile recycling and their ecological challenges. The Rnd also discusses the effects of the approved textiles and the global markets be burdened.