Press Coverage

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2019

Now This

February 2019

“How to Dispose of Clothes Responsibly”– The average American throws away 80 lbs of clothing every year — whether you want to resell, donate, or recycle, here’s how to get rid of your clothes in an eco-friendly way

Fashion United

February 2019

“We recycle, we upcycle, we downcycle, is it working?”– A panel discussion during Texworld trade fair provides a status report on the fields of recycling and upcycling, both of which seem to be having their moment in the sun, are at the center of circularity conversations and all over international runways.

Fiddlehead Focus

January 2019

“What happens when you recycle your clothes”– “For any bag you collect, 50 percent is going to be wearable and 50 percent is going to be used for other purposes,” said Adam Baruchowitz, founder of Wearable Collections, a nonprofit based in Brooklyn, New York, that runs clothing collection hubs throughout the city

2018

BoldTV

October 2018

“Bold Biz: Adam Baruchowitz From Wearable Collections on Turning Waste into Fashion”– Adam Baruchowitz, CEO of Wearable Collections, tells us how we can limit our waste by recycling our clothing.

Trash is for Tossers

June 2018

“How To Recycle Old Clothing (Even Ratty Ass Old Underwear)”– There are tons of amazing sustainable resources and organizations that will take your too-far-gone clothing, accessories and textile items, and repurpose them for other uses. Uses like making home insulation, pillow stuffing, car seat stuffing, and even “new” fabric made from recycled fibers

Make a Change World

May 2018

“#BroCleanBKLN Ep. 6 – Wearable Collections”– Wearable Collections is an NYC based company focused on keeping clothing, textiles, and shoes out of landfills while generating funds for charities.

Movers Not Shakers

March 2018

“5 Ways We Make Moving Green”- Old clothes and shoes get bundled in our reusable bags and are dropped off at our partner, Wearable Collections, a clothing recycling company that diverts textiles from landfills.

Global Fashion Xchange

January 2018

“1 Million Pound Partnership”– GLOBAL FASHION EXCHANGE proudly supports WEARABLE COLLECTIONS and their efforts to keep clothing out of landfills. Together we work to raise awareness and divert 1 Million Pounds of fashion waste at our GLOBAL GFX Swaps and collection sites in New York State.

2014-2017

Make Change

February 2017

“The Tricky Business of Recycling Your Old Clothes”– I’m making the rounds with Wearable Collections, a textile recycling company in New York City. According to the nonprofit Council for Textile Recycling the U.S. sends about 21 billion pounds of textile waste to landfills every year.

BF+DA

November 2016

“10 Fashion Brands Innovating with Textile Waste”– Wearable Collections does for textile waste what compost pickup does for food scraps, placing collection bins for textiles in apartment buildings. Individuals can request bins and can also sign up to host textile collection drives, helping to keep textile waste out of landfills and repurpose it instead.

Trend Hunter

January 2014

“Wearable Collections is a For-Profit Clothing Recycling Company”– Wearable Collections is an eco-friendly NYC clothing recycling company that aims to make the recycling of clothing as convenient as recycling a newspaper.

2013

Recycle Nation

June 2013

“New York City’s Wearable Collections: ‘Clothing is Not Garbage’”– It is easy to toss outfits in the garbage, but let’s think green and recycle our textiles. If you live in the New York City area, Wearable Collections is the textile recycling program you are looking for. The company is all about making clothing recycling accessible for New York residents.

Earth 911

May 2013

“Can Worn or Damaged Clothing be Donated?”– Wearable Collections Clothing Recycling in New York City, for example, places clothing recycling bins in apartment buildings throughout the city to make the process easy for residents. They also host collection events in the community, and a portion of their proceeds go to charitable partners.

Blue Barn Pictures

January 2013

“Moving and Recycling”

2012

PIX 11

April 2012

“Wearable Collections on PIX 11 NYC”

Mother Nature Network

January 2012

“Ecopreneur Adam Baruchowitz recycles clothes for profit, and charity, in NYC”– Wearable Collections tackles the 3.6 billion pounds of clothes that are landfilled annually with an innovative program.

2011

Yoxi TV

June 2011

“Who Cares: Adam Baruchowitz – Wearable Collections”– Yoxi interviews Adam Baruchowitz from Wearable Collections about clothing recycling in New York City.

HuffPost

May 2011

“HuffPost Greatest Person Of The Day: Adam Baruchowitz, Founder Of Wearable Collections, NY Clothing Recycling Company”– Adam Baruchowitz, a 38-year-old New Yorker, had an “aha” moment when he saw a bag full of clothes intended for a charitable organization sitting outside an apartment in the building where he lived. The bag sat there for a week before someone came to pick it up.

The Nordic Textile Journal

2011

“The Worn, The Torn, The Wearable: textile recycling in Union Square”– This narrative focuses on one aspect of the growing phenomenon of textile recycling: the act of “getting rid of” one’s no longer wanted clothing. The story here derives from
many visits to Wearable Collections, a business that collects apparel (as well as towels, sheets, shoes, and other textiles) with an “inlet” at the popular Union Square Greenmarket in Manhattan.

2010

CBS 2 NY

November 2010

“Wearable Collections on CBS 2 NYC”

NYU Tonight

October 2010

“Wearable Collections for NYU Tonight”– New Yorkers throw away millions of pounds of clothes every year. One company has found a way to make textile recycling easy and convenient.

CNN

September 2010

“CNN: NY company recycles old clothes”– A company makes it easy for people to recycle clothing and keep it out of the landfill. CNN’s Stephanie Elam reports.

The San Diego U-T

July 2010

“New York to implement clothing recycling program”– Starting in September, New York City will launch one of the largest textile recycling initiatives in the nation. The aim is to make it easy to donate clothing, almost as easy as throwing it away.

NY Times

May 2010

“Don’t Toss That Old Shirt. They’ll Pick It Up.”– Textile recycling is already happening in some of the most elegant apartment buildings in the city.

ABC 7 NY

2010

“Wearable Collections on ABC 7 NYC”

2009

Voice of America

December 2009

“WearableTrash”– An overview of Wearable Collections clothing recycling on Voices of America.

Intermountain Jewish News

April 2009

“‘Ecopreneurs’ see the green in green”– Adam Baruchowitz, founder and CEO of Wearable Collections, takes something that most of us give away our old clothes and not only keeps them useful by finding a new home for them, but simultaneously helps needy organizations raise funds.

2008

Thread Bangers

April 2008

“How to Make a Blanket Backpack, Earth Day, Threadbanger”– First off, we are taking a ride with the guys who started a really amazing project called Wearable Collections.

Inhabitat

February 2008

“WEARABLE COLLECTIONS: Recycled Clothing Initiative”– Wearable Collections, a non-profit charity initiative, is leading the crusade to reduce textile waste in a city traditionally known for disposable, seasonal styles. The organization is placing recycling bins in designated buildings throughout New York City for the collection of unwanted garments and clothing.

Cool Hunting

January 2008

“WEARABLE COLLECTIONS CLOTHING RECYCLING”- Recognizing that discarded clothing makes up six percent of household waste—386 million tons of the stuff—in New York City alone, Wearable Collections latched on to a novel solution. Rather than dump trash-bags full of used clothing (much of it still decent but obsolete to the owner) in a New Jersey landfill, why not export it to South America where it could be put to some use?

2006

Tree Hugger

October 2006

“Wearable Collections NYC Clothing Recycling Project”– New Yorkers, if you missed Swap-O-Rama-Rama this year, yet still have good quality clothing that you need to get rid of the social enterprise, Wearable Collections will come and pick it up for you this Saturday, October 28th.

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