How to recycle your clothing

If you are sustainably minded, getting rid of old clothing and accessories can often feel like a daunting task. If your clothing is beyond repair, you can recycle it with one of the options below. While technology still has a long way to go, there are luckily more and more companies coming up with ways to recycle every day. Many of these companies will work with both businesses and individuals to recycle clothing in the best way possible.

Blue Jeans Go Green offers easy solutions for recycling your denim. You can drop off your denim in one of their drop off locations or print out a free shipping label on their website. Your denim will not only be recycled, but then it is used as insulation for houses built with habitat for humanity.

Terracycle offers solutions to recycle almost anything. While you do have to pay for this service, you could split it with a few friends and it would be very cost effective. Terra cycle will ship you a box to fill up with your unwanted clothing (or fabric of any kind!) and once it is full you send it back with a prepaid shipping label.

Helpsy has many locations to drop off clothing across the country. You can also drop off shoes and accessories.

Nike will take any brand of old sneakers to be up-cycled into tracks or cushion on playgrounds through their Nike Grind Program. You can find a drop off location on their website.