Creating a better future for people and the planet. By promoting textile reuse in California and supporting sustainable development in the global south, we create a model where environmental protection and human development go hand in hand.
Join hundreds of thousands of people and hundreds of businesses, schools, and local governments already making an impact. One partnership.
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Landfills across the country are filling up fast, and unwanted textiles are a huge part of the problem — nearly 85% of what people discard goes straight to the trash. Whether you are a school, business, worship house, or local government, team up with us to divert those clothes and shoes and move your community toward a zero-waste future.
Partner with usWhen 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.
Donate nowLess waste. Less pollution. More reuse. Every donation fuels a circular economy — preserving our planet's resources, funding sustainable development, and fostering cooperation across cultures.
Start a driveBy extending the life of clothing and promoting responsible consumption, we conserve valuable resources and generate funding for sustainable development in some of the world's most vulnerable communities.
Recycle for Change mobilizes people and resources to support community-based sustainable development and promote cooperation across cultures.
Our collection boxes make it easy to extend the life of used clothing, helping conserve valuable resources and promoting responsible consumption.
All collected clothing is sold in the second-hand market, creating jobs in the used clothing industry and generating funds for community-led projects.
The engine of change is not words or proclamations. Our commitment has nothing to do with ideology. We move forward through small, concrete actions that, added together, create an enormous impact.
Learn moreWe are able to transform the world.
Reuse isn't a niche fix — it's infrastructure. Textile reuse already operates at scale, and it works.
Even worn-out clothing has somewhere to go. Low-value textiles stay in circulation instead of becoming emissions.
Bad policy can undo all of it. Rules like mandatory pre-sorting before export sound tidy on paper and dismantle working local economies in practice.
Getting this right means balancing all three: environmental, social, and economic.
Your clothes and shoes still have a life ahead of them. Don't throw them out — donate.
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