It is really important to recycle your clothes. You may not realize how much work it takes to donate clothes directly to people, there are actually four stages that Goodwill (one of the biggest donation services in the U.S.) goes through.
Stage 1: Goodwill operates more than 3,000 clothing stores. The workers will sort the clothes depending on its condition. If an item didn't sell within four weeks, it would be sent to the next stage.
Stage 2: Clothes that weren't sold on the retail floor would be brought to Goodwill outlets like "Buy the Pound" outlet store or 99 cent Goodwill store. The prices were kept quite low in hopes something would be bought. Goodwill tries extra hard to keep clothing out of the landfills.
Stage 3: The items that are not sold at the outlets are then put in the Goodwill auctions. These are live events where the peoples in the audience would bid on bins of donated clothing. It could sell as low as $35.
Stage 4: If the clothes weren't sold in any of the three stages of the donation process, Goodwill would send them to textile recycling organizations. For example, S.M.A.R.T. is a trade organization that works on recycling textiles. Around 45% of clothing that makes it to S.M.A.R.T. is either put up again for sale or sent overseas to markets with higher demand.
We all have a responsibility to be environmentally aware and good citizens of the earth. Most people are aware of the need to recycle paper, plastic and metal. However, we also need to be aware of the importance of recycling clothes. It helps other people and the environment.
Source:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/what-does-goodwill-do-with-your-clothes_us_57e06b96e4b0071a6e092352?
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