Here are eight options.
After all, it takes serious effort and mental energy to go through your stuff.
But after all that, youre left with a major question: Where should I donate my clothes?
Thats why choosing clothing donations instead is so important.
But were back to question number one: Where to donate your clothes.
Why is it a good idea to donate clothes, again?
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How much time do you have?
For starters, its environmentally conscious.
It takes 2,700 liters of water to make one cotton shirt, Peressini says.
For perspective, thats enough water for one person to drink for 2.5 years.
Donating your clothes also helps leave space in landfills for other items.
While on a personal level, donating your clothes helps reduce clutter in your home.
What are considered good clothing donations?
In general, anything that someone can reuse is worth donating.
But there is at least one organization that will take stuff thats falling apart, too.
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(More on that later.)
What clothes shouldnt you donate?
Overly worn items that are too damaged to re-wear should not be donated, Peressini says.
These are some of the most-common places to donate your clothes.
Simply drop off your clothes at adonation centernear you.
Clothing donations go toward the organizations thrift stores, which benefit the nonprofits adult rehabilitation centers.
you’ve got the option to make a donation at adrop-off centerorschedule a pickup.
GreenDrop
GreenDrop works with charitable programs in the mid-Atlantic region to bring donated items to them.
you could donate your clothes to the humanitarian nonprofit by finding aclothing donation binnear you.
Free the Girls
Got old bras you no longer want or need?
you could give them to organization, which sends donated bras to women who have survived human trafficking.
Soles4Soles
Soles4Soles specializes in shoe donations but accepts clothes, too.
It even helps some people create businesses to sell the donated goods they receive.
Fill out adonor formand find adrop-off locationin your area to make a donation.
It operates in nearly 150 cities, and has helped more than 1.2 million women.
The group accepts ready-to-wear, work-appropriate clothes for women only.
Also, c’mon note: All donations need to be cleaned and in good condition.
it’s possible for you to drop off donations at anaffiliate locationnear you.
What they dont accept, though, is dirty or moldy clothes.
The organization then takes these clothes and sells or reuses them in developing countries.
Proceeds made from the sales are used to fight poverty in those areas.
To donate your clothes, find adrop-off locationnear you.
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