There's a cardboard box in your garage right now from an online order.
That's all you need. Through our partnership with Give Back Box, you can send clothes and shoes to Recycle for Change from anywhere in the United States — no collection box required, no trip across town.
Fill the box, attach a label, hand it to UPS or USPS. It arrives at our Richmond facility and follows exactly the same path as everything else we collect: sorted, baled, resold, and turned into funding for volunteers doing community-based development work. The cardboard gets a second life on the way.
You don't need to buy anything or go anywhere special. If you have a box and a printer, you're most of the way there.
Everything should be clean, dry, and wearable. The clothing we collect goes on to be worn by someone — that's precisely what makes the model work.
Nothing liquid, fragile, hazardous, or electronic. No anything torn, stained, wet, or mildewed. And skip dead weight — the shipping is paid for, so fill the box with things that will actually be used.
Get your shipping label from Give Back Box, or get in touch if you'd rather talk it through with us first.
We have collection boxes at publicly accessible locations across the Bay Area — and every pound counts either way.