Centar Puts 20 Old-Clothes Containers Outside Schools and Kindergartens: Old Jeans Finally Stay Out of the Rubbish Bin

The Municipality of Centar, together with the licensed company "Eko-teks grup", has started placing dedicated textile-waste containers outside primary schools and kindergartens. The first one is outside the "Kole Nedelkovski" primary school. The first phase brings 11 containers and the second another nine, for a total of 20 locations.

Citizens will be able to drop off old clothes, shoes and other textile products separately. Instead of ending up in municipal waste, they will go for selection, sorting and recycling. "Through initiatives like this we teach children, but also adults, to behave in a socially and environmentally responsible way," said mayor Goran Gerasimovski.

The idea is good and, unlike plenty of "green" announcements, concrete: a container, a location, a company that empties it. Choosing schools is smart, because kids carry habits home faster than any leaflet ever could.

What remains are the practical questions that time will answer. How often will the containers be emptied, will there be public data on how many tonnes of textiles get collected, and what exactly happens to the clothes once the company takes them? If those numbers reach citizens once a year, 20 containers will mean far more than 20 photo ops.