Schools from Eindhoven, Valkenswaard, Geldrop-Mierlo and Cranendonck battle against textile waste during Textile Race
On May 15, Alderman Hans van de Laar (of waste, among other things) kicked off the Textile Race in our municipality. This happened at elementary school De Vlinder in Geldrop. During a guest lesson, the pupils of these schools were told all about the importance of consuming, reusing, repairing and recycling textiles! 'A very good initiative, it is very important to reuse or recycle our own clothes. Take a look in your closet, maybe there is something hanging there that you never wear anymore. Most clothes can still be used. A shame to just throw it away," said Alderman Hans van de Laar. From May 19 your textile will be collected free of charge at your home
Over the next few weeks, students at De Vlinder Elementary School and the other schools will be tackling used and broken textiles for four weeks. They will do this by reusing, repairing or collecting as many used and broken textiles as possible for recycling, starting May 19. If you live in the neighborhood of De Vlinder, you can have your textile collected from your home easily and free of charge between May 19 and June 12. You can do this by offering your textiles online at the website: textilerace. Think of textiles as an old sweater, your socks, old curtains or an old towel.
A better world, starts in your closet
Reusing, repairing and recycling textiles can be much better! Every year, ten kilos of textile per Dutch person ends up in the residual container and is burned. Or textiles remain in our closets for years without being used. A shame! Because our textiles can often be reused or repaired. Textiles that are collected in collection containers often get polluted because people also throw dirty and wet textiles in the container. Therefore, the Textile Race creates awareness about the importance of reusing, repairing and recycling textiles among children and their environment. The Textile Race is an initiative in cooperation with the municipality of Eindhoven, Valkenswaard, Geldrop-Mierlo, Cranendonck and charity stores Het Goed and Verderest. They make sure that the collected textiles end up at renowned recyclers. In this way, all the textiles end up well and can be reused.