Do You Recycle Your Clothes?
You probably recycle all kinds of things in your daily life. It used to be unusual for anyone to recycle anything, but once the towns gave us those lovely green (or blue, or grey) plastic bins, most of us started to recycle at least some of our 'trash”. It's so easy to recycle plastic milk jugs, water bottles, and most glass jars and aluminum cans.
Have you ever thought of recycling clothes? You may already do this. It's really pretty silly to throw away clothing, unless it's that sweatshirt that you've worn since college, while staining the deck, and it has holes everywhere. Otherwise there's probably a good use for your old clothes. Here are some uses for clothes in various states of repair (or disrepair):
Old t-shirts, flannel shirts, socks, underwear, jammies – use them as rags, for dusting furniture, cleaning the bathroom, cleaning your porch or deck or lawn furniture.
Clothes that your children have outgrown – give them to a friend or neighbor, with a child just a little younger (or smaller) than yours. Or, donate them to a church or shelter. Or, sell them to a reseller, such as Children's Orchard (www.childrensorchard.com).
Clothes that you have outgrown, or just don't like anymore – donate them to a church or shelter, or to a charity that is having a fundraising yard sale. You can also donate them to the Salvation Army (www.salvationarmyusa.org) by calling 1-800-95-TRUCK.
Winter coats can be donated to pretty much any charity, or bring them to Anton's Cleaners, go to www.antons.com and click on the Coats For Kids icon. (They take adult coats, too!)
You can also donate old gowns to Anton's for the Belle of the Ball program, or through various organizations such as the I Do Foundation (www.idofoundation.org).
So, remember, don't throw away old clothes, just recycle them!