Recycled Clothing Facts #4

Recycled Clothing Facts by Lexa W. Lee, Demand Media (article only)

Thrift shops are a great resource for donating or buying used clothing.

Recycling unwanted clothing reduces landfill waste as well as the amount of resources needed to produce new clothing. It also lessens the waste produced by the manufacturing process — clothing scraps end up in the landfill, too.  Used clothing can be donated, sold or disassembled for the fabric.
#4. Benefits to the Consumer and the Industry

Customers who buy used clothing also benefit from what are usually substantially lower prices, compared to the price of new clothes.  Recycled clothing also creates jobs at charity organizations, consignment stores and businesses that reuse the fabric to make products for sale.  Cleaning rags, blankets, new clothes and even the U.S. dollar are examples of products that may contain fabric from recycled clothing.  The U.S. textile recycling industry consists of about 2,000 companies, most of which are family-owned.  They provide about 17,000 jobs and account for gross sales of $700 million every year. – CharterRecycling.com

Thank you for your Generous clothing donations – we continuously sell them or pass them on!