Nowadays, many communities in the city are equipped with old clothes recycling boxes, not only in different colors, but also in different recycling units. Where are the old clothes donated by the public? Who is in charge of these recycling bins?
● public questions
Almost all the boxes are marked with the words "love", but there are various units in charge
"I have a lot of old clothes in my house that I haven't worn for many years. It's a pity to throw them away like this." Yu, who lives in a famous city, told reporters that she wanted to put the old clothes in the recycling boxes, but she found that the recycling boxes were various, not only in different colors, but also in different responsible units marked on them. "It's very puzzling. What's the reliability of so many old clothes recycling boxes?"
The reporter visited Weizhou Road, Beigong East Street, Jintai Mingyuan community, Derun Kangcheng community, Derun Rose Garden community, danguili community, century Huayuan community and other communities, and found that old clothes recycling boxes with different colors and management units can be seen in conspicuous places. Almost all the boxes are marked with the words of love, public welfare, environmental protection, etc., and most of the recovered items are shoes and hats, clothing, home textile products, etc. These old clothes recycling bins are very clean, there is no random disorderly situation.
"Since there is a recycling box in the community, I have put old clothes in it. Not only do I make the best of everything to avoid waste, but also I give my love." Ms. Teng, who lives in Mingyuan District, said that although the old clothes recycling box has many advantages, she is still a little worried. "After reading some reports, illegal vendors resell the old clothes or old home textile products with unknown origin. Therefore, I think it should attract the attention of relevant departments, not only to strengthen supervision, but also to conduct regular spot checks. "
Many citizens said that although people's awareness of old clothes recycling is getting higher and higher, supervision should also be put in place in a timely manner, and relevant old clothes recycling enterprises should announce the flow direction.
● property voice
It is free to set up the old clothes recycling box according to the procedures, but the community is not responsible for the specific management
During the interview, some citizens also raised questions, most of these old clothes recycling boxes are located in the community, are they jointly set up by the property and related enterprises?
In response, the reporter contacted several large property companies in the city. The general manager of the Property Management Co., Ltd. said that almost all of the communities they managed were provided with old clothes recycling boxes for free. To enter the community, there must be procedures of relevant departments, such as streets, communities and other approval documents. Their original intention is for the majority of owners, adhere to environmental protection and public welfare, but the specific flow of clothing, they can not be responsible for supervision.
The staff of the Property Management Co., Ltd. also said that the six communities they managed had old clothes recycling boxes, which were also set up free of charge, but they had to get the consent of the relevant departments.
Reporters also contacted a number of properties, the other side said, because it is free to provide places, they are for the majority of owners to consider, but for the specific management of recycling boxes, not by the property.
● statement of the enterprise
Most of the recycled clothes are used for donation or environmental protection and reuse, instead of black heart cotton
The reporter contacted the two enterprises according to the contact information on the old clothes recycling box. The staff of renewable resources Co., Ltd. said that they have been operating for more than two years. The old clothes recycling boxes are mainly concentrated in Kuiwen District and high tech Zone, with about 200 boxes. It is found that the amount of recovered clothes is decreasing year by year.
The staff member said frankly that they donated several times through relevant departments at the beginning, but now they mainly do resource regeneration and garbage classification. They will make these old clothes into insulation quilt and maintenance blanket, which can avoid pollution and better recycle. For the relevant regulatory authorities, he is not very clear.
Staff of Nisan public welfare service center said that they were established in 2017, and now the flow of recycled clothes is donation or environmental protection reuse, the number is similar to that of previous years. "We set it up through relevant departments, and now it's very standard. It's taken almost every 7 to 10 days." The staff said they also donated last year, and the rest were recycled. For citizens who doubt that they will make recycled clothes into black cotton, they will never.
● department response
We will carry out an investigation on the old clothes recycling boxes in all residential areas
For supervision and other issues, the reporter contacted the Municipal Civil Affairs Bureau. According to the staff, it is understood that there are two main forms of old clothes recycling bins placed in the communities: one is that some units and organizations set up in the name of garbage sorting and recycling or old clothes recycling, and operate in an enterprise way; the other is that some units and organizations set up in the name of public welfare, charity, love, etc., and operate in a non-profit way.
According to Article 23 of the charity law of the people's Republic of China, old clothes recycling boxes are placed in the community in the name of public welfare recycling, and are subject to territorial management by civil affairs departments at all levels. For some units or organizations that are set up in the name of waste classification and recycling or old clothing recycling, but their old clothing recycling boxes are too close to the recycling boxes legally set up by other charity organizations, or the relevant publicity content is not clear enough and easy to cause misunderstanding of the masses, local civil affairs departments should strengthen communication and coordination with urban management, construction, environmental protection and other relevant departments Guide the neighborhood (town) and community neighborhood committees to strengthen the inspection, and instruct the property, industry committee and setting units of the community to make reasonable rectification.
In addition, in recent years, there are more and more confusion in the setting of old clothes recycling boxes and illegal selling of donated clothes in urban communities. Some enterprises or individuals take the opportunity to carry out profit-making activities under the banner of public welfare, which has a negative impact on the society. In this regard, the civil affairs department will carry out an investigation on the situation of old clothes recycling boxes in all residential areas, and take interview, dissuasion and other measures against fake charity organizations to order them to stop activities and evacuate the old clothes recycling boxes.
In the case of public welfare charity organizations carrying out the collection of public welfare old clothes, it is necessary to examine whether the organizers have the qualification for public donation and whether the public donation scheme has gone through the filing procedures. The civil affairs department will supervise and guide the host organization for the legally carried out old clothes recycling activities. The recycling box shall be marked with the setting main body and recycling purpose, and the way and direction of old clothes recycling shall be open and transparent.
● expert advice
The State shall issue relevant laws and policies, and the relevant government departments shall also regularly check them
According to the associate professor of the school of business management, with the improvement of people's living standards, there are more and more used clothes. The old clothes recycling box solves the problem that many families have no place to put their old clothes. It is more for the purpose of charity and environmental protection. However, recycling waste clothing will definitely have benefits, otherwise it is difficult to ensure the continuous operation of relevant enterprises, of course, it can not be ruled out that individual enterprises regard it as a tool for pure profit, contrary to charity and environmental protection.
"No matter in the name of public welfare or in the name of environmental protection, the starting point is always good, but there will certainly be some deficiencies in the development process, such as the flow of waste clothing is not open and transparent enough, and the supervision is not fully in place." It is suggested that, on the one hand, the state should issue relevant laws and regulations and make clear the reward and punishment measures; on the other hand, the relevant government departments should also carry out regular inspections and strengthen supervision. Once it is found that the enterprises seek improper interests in the name of waste clothing recycling, they must be seriously dealt with.
