1. Who we are: We are EcoGoodz, a used goods supplier located outside Seattle, Washington, USA. We are a company with integrity and a proven record of reliability. 2. What we do: Thrift stores and charitable institutions receive far more donations than they can possibly resell. That’s where we come in; we purchase their excess and/or unsellable donations. We then pass those goods on to other entities, often in developing nations, where they can be distributed and used. Our efforts have...

The secondhand industry is booming. The Council for Textile Recycling estimates that the used clothing industry creates 100,000 jobs, with wages from those jobs adding up to $1 billion annually! To put it mildly, that is awesome! To help newcomers get started on their thrifting journey, or to aid veteran thrifters, we’ve compiled a few tips to help you get the best deals on used clothing, paired shoes, or any other secondhand goods you might want: 1. Know your store: In order to keep...

The Council for Textile Recycling (CTR) is a non-profit based in the United States that is “dedicated to raising public awareness about the importance of textile recycling and the need to reduce the amount of used clothing and other post-consumer textile waste (PCTW ) being sent to our nation’s landfills.” By the year 2037 the council hopes to have eliminated all textile waste entering our nation’s landfills. And they need your help to do it! People like you can help by...

The Space Needle has been a fixture on the Seattle skyline for more than 50 years. Its concrete foundation reaches 30 feet underground and weighs 5850 tons (11,700,000 lbs). The needle structure stands 605 feet tall and weighs 3700 tons (7,400,000 lbs). But there is something in Seattle that weighs more than four times as much as the Space Needle. Your used clothing. Approximately 39,464 tons (78,928,000 lbs) of used clothing and textiles are disposed in King County, Washington (Seattle...

Artist Derick Melander creates large, impressive art installations with meticulously folded and formed pieces of used clothing. The one below is called “Drift” and was created for the No Waste/Zero Waste exhibit at Columbia College in Chicago in 2011. The exhibit promoted “awareness about the temporal nature of fashion,” and helped “to produce sustainable design opportunities that can bring some balance to the system.”   “Drift” stands...