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Textile reuse, global impact

Giving your clothes
& shoes a second life.

By promoting textile reuse in California, we fund sustainable development in the global south — a model where environmental protection and human development go hand in hand.

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Where you come in

Spark Change. Power reuse. Join us.

Join hundreds of thousands of people and hundreds of businesses, schools, and local governments already making an impact. One partnership.

Three wins: less waste, stronger communities, lasting impact.

Be a part of creating positive change

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Become a Partner

Landfills are filling up fast, and unwanted textiles are a huge part of the problem — nearly 85% of the clothing Americans discard goes straight to the trash. Whether you're a school, business, worship house, or local government, host a box and move your community toward zero waste.

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Donate Clothes & Shoes

When clothes and shoes get a second life instead of ending up in a landfill, fewer new garments need to be made — saving water, cutting pollution, and easing the strain on our planet's resources.

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Organize a Clothes Drive

Less waste. Less pollution. More reuse. Every donation fuels a circular economy — preserving our planet's resources, funding sustainable development, and fostering cooperation across cultures.

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Our Reach

For over 20 years, Recycle for Change has worked toward a more sustainable and equitable world.

Extending the life of clothing conserves valuable resources — and funds development work in some of the world's most vulnerable communities.

3 Million+
Beneficiaries

People reached through community-led development projects built on cross-cultural cooperation.

100 Million+
Pounds of clothing collected

Through our easily accessible donation boxes, making it easy to conserve valuable resources and promote responsible consumption.

$15+ Million
Raised

Generated by the sale of donated clothing — creating jobs in the second-hand trade and funding community-led projects.

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Our Identity

The future is open, and a more equitable world is possible.

We move forward through small, concrete actions that, added together, create an enormous impact.

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We are able to transform the world.

Why it matters

Circularity Matters

Used Clothes
& Shoes
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Funds Raised
Sustainable
Development Projects

Reuse isn't a niche fix — it's infrastructure. Textile reuse already operates at scale, and it works.

Bad policy can undo all of it. Rules like mandatory pre-sorting before export sound tidy on paper, but they dismantle working local economies in practice.

Your clothes and shoes still have a life ahead of them. Don't throw them out — donate.

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Ready to put your old clothes to work?

Whether it's hosting a Box, organizing a collection drive, or just dropping off a bag — every pound counts.