What is finer than silk, stronger than cotton, and could revolutionize the textile industry as we know it? Recycled cotton. Specifically the recycled cotton generated by Evrnu, a Seattle-area company that is building its business around the premise that garment waste can be converted into new fiber, which can then be used in the production of new garments. Their hope is that this will finally create and be able to assist in indefinitely maintaining a closed-loop production cycle for the...

Five-year-old Olivia Berry wondered whether she could donate all the shoes she’d outgrown. And that gave her an idea: What if others donated their used shoes, too? From that idea came the “Shoes for Paws” donation campaign at her elementary school, a campaign that collected over 700 pairs of used shoes, most of which will be shipped to third-world countries where they can be distributed to local people (some of the used shoes collected will not be suitable for sending...

Not every used clothing item that is donated to a thrift store or charitable institution is sold in the storefront. Some donated articles of clothing aren’t suitable for resale due to imperfections (rips/tears, stains, excessive wear, etc.). Sometimes donated clothing that is fit for resale and is priced and put out for sale for some reason, doesn’t sell. Thrift stores can’t keep these two types of clothing, they can’t sell these types of clothing, and they can’t...

We’ve all done it: Tossed used clothing into the trash, thinking, “I can’t donate this. No one will wear it!” It may have been a pair of jeans with split seams or paint splatters, used shoes with holes and a smell that won’t wash out, a threadbare t-shirt, socks with no mates, or an old rug or blanket. Such items are discarded every day by Americans across the country. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that each of us throws away between 70 and 80 lbs...

EcoGoodz is a wholesale used clothing supplier in the USA. We offer many different types of used clothing in bulk including credential clothing, mixed rags, wholesale used shoes (capsacks and gaylords). We also supply bulk linens, baled soft toys, and gaylords of hard toys. The market for wholesale used clothing has grown out of necessity: With the rise of “fast fashion” people have begun to buy more—and also discard/donate more—clothing than ever before. It is currently estimated, in...