Residents of St. Petersburg have recycled almost 4 tons of clothes

Since the beginning of 2025, residents of St. Petersburg have deposited 3.7 tons of old clothes in eco-boxes installed at railway stations. This is reported by the press service of the Oktyabrskaya Railway.

The leader in the number of collected items was the Moscow railway station, where the townspeople carried 916 kg. Next comes Vitebsk railway station with 841 kg, Baltic closes the top three with 743 kg.

As he writes 78.ru The top five also included Ladozhsky and Finlyandsky railway stations, which collected 724 kg and 497 kg, respectively.

The collected clothes are sent to a special center for sorting. Things in good condition are given away for reuse, and everything else is recycled.

Earlier, experts said that products in the style of fast fashion are harmful to the environment. The solution to the problem may be the introduction of a circular economy in the textile industry.

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