Vienna Bans Old Clothes Containers: Operators Want to Defend Themselves

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From 1 January 2027, the city government of Vienna will no longer be allowed to put up the fight for pollution around the old clothes containers in public spaces. Excavated clothes, which lie wildly scattered on the sidewalks, were recently illegally looted and the contents thrown unnoticed on the streets, we reported. Hundreds of complaints came to the city of Vienna, it was said during a press conference on Wednesday. Now the city wants to ann…

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From 1 January 2027 the containers are to be banned. The large operators criticise and reserve the right to appeal.

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Clothing is increasingly scattered around the collection points. According to the city government, the operators were in vain asked to eliminate the abuses.

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There are over 2,000 old clothes conatians in the city. By January 2027, most of them have to disappear...Read the full article on FALTER.at

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As a reason, the city government leads to increasing waste around the boxes installed. Currently, there are 2,280 such containers in Vienna

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Containers for the collection of old clothes may no longer be installed in Vienna on a public basis from 1 January 2027. The reason for the measure is the increasing pollution from textiles around the collection points, the city announced today.