WEARABLE CLOTHING RECYCLING: Challenge

The College Clothing Collection Challenge

Clothing Recycling

According to the EPA’s Website, clothing and other textiles take up nearly 5% of the municipal waste stream. Wearable Collections, a socially responsible clothing recycling company, is determined to do something about this. By teaming up with university students across the northeast, we aim to reduce the amount of clothing heading for landflls.

The Challenge

We are looking for motivated students to organize a clothing collection on campus, could be an environmental club, sports club, fraternity/sorority etc. Wearable Collections will provide the students with everything they need to ensure a successful clothing drive. All they need is enthusiasm to make a difference on campus.

The Reward

When less materials end up in landflls we all are winners. However, on top of feeling good for taking a proactive stance on the environment, Wearable Collections will dedicate 5 cents of every pound collected to the organizers of the collection. It is possible to raise as much as $1500 for your organization.

Rules

We at Wearable Collections aren’t exactly stickler for rules, but we do request that you contact us by April 15, 2009. The duration of the collections is up to the respective organizations, but we feel to maximize promotion and collections, the drive should be at least 2 weeks. Remember, Earth Day is April 22, and a great time to motivate the student body. Dormitory clean up at the end of the year is also a fantastic time.

For more information on how you can be a campus collection coordinator please email us at or call 646.515.4387

About Wearable Collections

Wearable Collections LLC (www.wearablecollections.com) is a NYC based clothing recycling company. Its goal is to reduce some of the 386 million pounds of textile waste heading towards the city’s landflls annually, while raising funds for charitable organizations. By placing bins in residential buildings throughout the city, Wearable Collections makes it as easy to recycle clothes as it is to recycle plastic, paper and glass.