The Vallsur shopping center collects three tons of used clothing to donate to Cáritas

VALLADOLID, 20 May. (EUROPA PRESS) –

The Vallsur shopping center in Valladolid has managed to collect a total of more than three tons of used clothing that has been donated to Cáritas, to the company Arco Iris Prolava, as a result of the launch of the Re-Fashion project that has been carried out from the 3rd to the 20th of May in the Valladolid shopping center.

The initiative has aimed to raise awareness about the importance of reducing, reusing and recycling garments, to give them a second life and thus reduce their environmental impact.

The donations of the more than three tons of clothes have corresponded, on the one hand, to the citizen participation carried out by the citizens of Valladolid who have come to the shopping center and have contributed a total of 2,800 kilos; and on the other hand, to the donation by the Fernández Rivera winery family, who wanted to join this action by donating three pallets of clothing.

The closing ceremony of the Re-Fashion campaign was held this Friday and was attended by the Councilor for the Environment of the Valladolid City Council, María Sánchez Esteban; the person in charge of Marketing and Communication of the School of Design – ESI Valladolid, Vanessa García, the manager of Arco Iris Prolava, Cristina Martín Pedrosa, and the manager of Vallasur, Pablo Pérez.

“We believe that it is a very interesting and positive initiative because it intends not to generate more waste and to be able to reuse clothing fabrics. In addition, it has a very positive peculiarity, and that is that design students from our city make their talent known to the citizens of Valladolid in order to have a future in our city”, highlighted María Sánchez Esteban.

For his part, Pablo Pérez, manager of Vallsur, thanked the reception the project has had: “The city of Valladolid has devoted itself to donating garments during these 15 days. All together we have managed to reach the figure of almost three tons of clothing that will be 100% recycled, either for sale in Cáritas stores or for reuse and donation.In addition, thanks to the collaboration of the Higher School of Design – ESI Valladolid, and the students participating in this project in order to We have verified that the young people of Valladolid give off great talent and creativity, as can be seen in their works”.

During the closing ceremony, the nine exclusive designs created by the students of the Higher School of Design (ESI) of Valladolid, who have made a selection among the garments donated in the recycling campaign and have had to transform them to become into new ones, in order to give them a second life.

All the garments transformed by the students will be exhibited today in a Showroom, and anyone who wants, and for a symbolic amount, can take home one of them and the money raised will go to Arco Iris Prolava.

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