Clothing

Do not include clothing, fabric or shoes in your curbside recycling. Cloth is a tangler that will tie up the sorting equipment at the recycling facility.

Donate usable clothing, fabric and other textiles to a charitable organization. Good, usable clothing can be dropped off at a collection bin or store that is operated by local charities. For local donation opportunities, see the list below.

H&M has a garment-recycling initiative that allows customers to exchange any used garments, from any brand, in any condition, at every H&M store. For each bag of clothing donated, customers will receive a voucher for a percentage off their next purchase.

Zappos has a Blue Jeans Goes Green demin recycling program. See details about the mailback program.

Shoes
Nike and Converse Factory Stores offer the Reuse-A-Shoe program. The company collects old, worn-out athletic shoes for recycling and transforms them into Nike Grind, a material used in creating athletic and playground surfaces as well as select Nike products. See a list of drop-off locations.

Teva accepts and recycles Teva brand sandals and flip-flops through the Terracycle's TevaForever mailback program. See details. 

Choose a program like EcoSneakers or GotSneakers to have a shoe drive for collecting, repurposing and recycling shoes.

Textiles

Local companies accept textiles and cloth for recycling, including unusable clothing.

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Looking to recycle, donate or dispose of other items? Use the dark blue 'What Do I Do With?' search bar at the top of every page of this website. Allow location services or use the city drop-down to find opportunities in your local area.