When your over last seasons clothing and finally decide to clean out those drawers and closets, don’t just throw away those old shirts and pants, recycle them! Giving old clothes to Salvation Army or Goodwill makes sense, but Wearable Collections Clothing Recycling gives you a better alternative: exporting it all to countries who really need the clothes. For those pieces that you think no one would buy or ever wear, there are countries full of people who would take anything.

At the moment they only work with New York, but as a quote from their website states, it should make a huge difference:

THE PROBLEM. According to a recent study, 386 million pounds of textiles enter the NYC waste stream annually, representing close to 6% of total waste.

Go to their website to see how you can get a bin for your building.