Chile: From top South American apparel consumer to clothes recycling leader
Online News Editor
November 4, 2022
By Meritxell Freixas
Santiago, Nov 4 (EFE).- An affluent area of Chile’s capital boasts the first public apparel clean point of its kind in the South American country, a drop-off facility where used items of clothing are received either for resale or transformation into new garments.
That space in Santiago’s Las Condes district attracts clothes donors with a uniquely inviting setting that includes picnic tables with umbrellas, hammocks, African music emanating from a bus/store powered by solar energy and wooden cubicles with recycling instructions.
“Textile management and recycling in Chile is in its very early stages. There are very few players and just an occasional short-lived campaign, but this clean point is intended to be a more continuous initiative,” Nicolas Calderon, head of communications for Chilean clothing brand Kaya Unite, told Efe.
Las Condes Mayor Daniela Peñaloza told Efe that a change in behavior and habits is now needed and that there is a strong commitment to achieving that goal in her district.
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