What’s one thing you feel like you could never buy at a thrift store? Underwear?–We’re with you there. Shoes?–Well actually, buying used shoes is perfectly OK. A lot of parents balk at the idea of buying used toys for their children, which is why we feel that the toy section is the most under-appreciated section of thrift stores (the second-most under-appreciated section is books…but that’s another post entirely). Anyway, we’re here today to tell...

This exhibit, entitled Y WASTE? The Dark Shadow of Fashion, and which was on display in Hong Kong’s K11 Mall from July 7-20, 2015, was a collaborative effort between fashion nonprofit Redress and appliance company Miele. It was designed by students from Hong Kong Baptist University’s Academy of Visual Arts. It is made up of 360 kg (793.67 lbs) of clothing, which represents the amount of used clothing that enters the area’s landfills every two minutes. That adds up to ...

It’s Recycle Week in the UK and the fervor has hopped the pond. The theme this year is Recycling Around the Home and it provides us here at EcoGoodz the perfect platform from which to continue to educate everyone about the importance of textile recycling and reuse. “The idea,” according to Recycle Now, the national recycling campaign for England, “is to get us all thinking about all the items we can recycle from around the home that we might not previously have...

1. Number one on our list is get rid of weeds! All you need are gloves, a long sleeve shirt to protect your arms, long pants to protect your legs, safety glasses and a mask to protect your face, and a spray bottle full of toxic chemicals whose long-term affect on people, pets, and the environment are largely unknown. Oh, and don’t forget to lock up your kids and pets while you spray… Yikes! If that doesn’t appeal to you (and we hope it doesn’t), you could get rid...

Used Clothes {and shoes} Matter Used clothes, used shoes, used linens, used towels, and other fabric-based products–these make up a category generally referred to as textiles. According the EPA, the average American throws away upwards of 70 lbs of textiles each year. What most people don’t realize, however, is that nearly 100% of what they throw away can actually be reused or recycled! 70 lbs per person may not seem like much, but it adds up to a whopping 3.8 billion pounds of...