2nd Life Recycle
2Nd Life Recycle started with a mission to create a better world where PEOPLE and PLANET are given the value and priority they deserve.
We live in a world of fast fashion and overall, clothing is getting cheaper. According to the U.S. EPA, a whopping 85% of all discarded textiles - 11 million tons - are sent to U.S. landfills every year. While there is an abundance of clothes in wealthier countries, seventy percent of the world's population continues to depend on secondhand clothing to clothe themselves and their children.
How It Works
95% of what we collect is reused, up-cycled, or recycled. 50% is reusable, 45% is recyclable.
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It is first sorted by our partners and divided into grades.
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The textiles will provide clothing to people in need around the world.
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The lower grades get turned into rags for industrial use or things like stuffing and insulation.
Clothing reuse is a big deal. It reduces the enormous environmental burden of the second most polluting industry in the world.
What We Recycle
Donate
recycle
don't throw
away
the problem
11 million tons a year of textiles are sent to landfills in the USA
The solution
Textile & Clothes go into Recycling Bin
The Benefits
Save Earth by Eliminating Waste & Provide Clothes to People Around the World
don't throw away