(Clothing store H&M runs a great program where they accept and recycle unwanted textiles from any store or brand. Learn more here.) Dress for Success Dress for Success is a global charity that provides professional attire to women in need. It’s a fantastic place to donate all of your ...
I could try tomake a little extra cashby selling them oneBayorCraigslist, but it never seems to be worth the trouble for just a couple of bucks. It’s much less work to donate them to local charities. And I can even get atax deduction for my donation. ...
Minter: Unabashedly I’d say textiles if you’re concern is volume. The volume of textiles that are being consumed every year dwarfs the volume of electronics by magnitude. There’s no comparison. If you’re just interested with what’s going to be filling up landfills and incinerators by v...
About ten, maybe twelve years ago I went through a Christmas nostalgia phase that coincided with a flurry of merchandise designed to appeal to those of us who spent our childhood in the 1960s. With no thought of budgetary restrictions I bought piles of textiles whose predominant colors were br...
Some of the highlights of the meeting included seeing progress on the Harmony Quilt (used by permission from Curated Quilts (Issue #18)) which we are making as group to donate to local facility supporting children transitioning from Foster care. (More details and photos when it is done!) ...
Keely says her store will keep taking donations, but the public’s reliance on thrift stores to keep clothing out of landfills isn’t sustainable. “Fundamentally the issue is out of sight, out of mind, which is why people donate.” ...
As an artisan specializing in textiles, Carla is a phenom. She designs her own apparel, sews by hand and machine, embroiders, knits, and now weaves. Even more impressive than her textile skill set is the way in which she empowers others to learn. Carla is a wonderful teacher. She’ll ...
And fortunately I had the discipline not to absorb any of my goods back into my house, but rather I took a carload of stuff to donate to a nearby thrift store. So now I can move on with cleaning, painting the walls, and sealing the cement floor. Hopefully I will find a fabulous ...
“spark joy” to the Salvation Army, or we toss them in the trash with our Starbucks cup. We donate with good intentions—we want our things to have a second life; we want someone else to get good use out of them, even if we’ve decided they’re useless. And while that sometimes ...
executive director of the second-hand materials and textile recycling association (trade group), said," this is a communication problem. Let people know that if they really want to donate their old clothes to charities, no problem, but if not, we can provide a convenient and quick way of ...