An article, "How to Recycle Old Clothes", from
Elle Magazine stated the following:
"According to a new report from the Council for Textile Recycling (CTR), the average American throws away 70 pounds. of clothing every year,
which equals roughly 191 T-shirts…per person. Collectively, that’s
approximately 3.8 billion pounds of waste."
"...the economic repercussions of this massive trashing are serious.
Research from the Environmental Protection Agency indicates that the
average charge for landfill dumping is $100 per ton, meaning that
taxpayers could potentially save more than $1.1 billion every year by
keeping textile waste out of landfills."
On their website, the
Salvation Army has this following paragraph:
What happens to items I donate?
When we sell affordable donated items to people in the community this
reduces waste. Most items not suitable for sale in the store are
recycled or sold to those who deal in wholesale items, such as rag
dealers, leather dealers and electronics scrap recovery businesses.
This was on the
Goodwill Website:
IT'S ALL GOOD
We take all kinds of donations at Goodwill. Most importantly, we're looking for clothes, books, shoes,
and household items that are available for resell. But even if we can't
resell your items, we find other good uses for them. Your raggedy old
clothes actually become rags for local mechanic shops. So don't be
afraid to bring us your goods as well as not-so-goods.
This is from another source on the internet, Hey, Mr. Green
"Americans dispose of more than 12 million tons of textiles annually,
less than 25 percent of which is recycled or reused...
Donating items is indeed the best way to ensure reuse.
If major thrift stores get clothing that's too ratty to resell, the
cloth gets converted into things like industrial rags or sound-dampening
material. When donating to a used-goods store, make sure it recycles
unwanted materials. "
Next time you have extra clothing to get rid of, recycle it!
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