Have you heard of Savers (Value Village)? If you haven’t heard of it, it’s a popular thrift store here in the Pacific Northwest, with locations throughout the world. In their own words: The Savers family of stores is a for-profit, global thrift retailer offering great quality, gently used clothing, accessories and household goods. Our business model of purchasing, reselling and recycling gives communities a smart way to shop and keeps more than 650 million pounds of used goods...

It’s not just used clothing that can end up in the landfill. Imperfect new clothing can, too. A broken zipper, an incorrectly-sewn hem, and snag in the fabric–any and/or all of these can render a new garment unable to be sold. Even the most minor imperfection can be cause to send a piece of clothing to the discard pile. More often than not, these imperfect pieces are sent to the landfill. The Renewal Workshop has partnered with “the world’s best-loved apparel...

Cozy Autumn Crafts for Used Clothing, a blog post by EcoGoodz, a wholesale used clothing supplier Put your used clothing to good use this fall with one of these cozy DIYs: t-shirt quilt There are many versions of this quilt online (check our pinterest board for some ideas!). Some are simpler than others, but they all have one thing in common: They all utilize old t-shirts! There are many online tutorials that can show you step-by-step how to create a quilt that will be cherished for years...