Re: [LincolnTalk] textile (clothing) recycling

2022-08-13 Thread cmontie montie . net
King To: Heather Silvestro , Lincoln Talk Subject: Re: [LincolnTalk] textile (clothing) recycling Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Hi, Any advice on where to donate kids clothes? We usually give to Goodwill or Savers. Victoria -- The LincolnTalk ma

Re: [LincolnTalk] textile (clothing) recycling

2022-08-12 Thread Adirah Adanech King
Thank you for all the suggestions! On Fri, Aug 12, 2022, 8:35 PM Margo Fisher-Martin < margo.fisher.mar...@gmail.com> wrote: > Buddy Dog takes blankets and sheets and towels. > > On Fri, Aug 12, 2022 at 4:25 PM Donald Seckler > wrote: > >> Hi >> >> I’ve looked for a bin dedicated to fiber

Re: [LincolnTalk] textile (clothing) recycling

2022-08-12 Thread Margo Fisher-Martin
Buddy Dog takes blankets and sheets and towels. On Fri, Aug 12, 2022 at 4:25 PM Donald Seckler wrote: > Hi > > I’ve looked for a bin dedicated to fiber recycling, but have found only > bins for used clothing. What’s to be done with worn-out drapes, blankets, > sheets, etc? > > Thank. > > Don

Re: [LincolnTalk] textile (clothing) recycling

2022-08-12 Thread Adirah Adanech King
Hi, Any advice on where to donate kids clothes? We usually give to Goodwill or Savers. Victoria On Fri, Aug 12, 2022, 6:03 PM Heather Silvestro < heathersilves...@comcast.net> wrote: > On The Rise, a woman’s day shelter in Cambridge, is a great place to > recycle women’s clothes. Lincoln has

Re: [LincolnTalk] textile (clothing) recycling

2022-08-12 Thread Heather Silvestro
On The Rise, a woman’s day shelter in Cambridge, is a great place to recycle women’s clothes. Lincoln has a strong connection to this organization, and Lincoln resident Tomasina Lucchese is a board member. Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 12, 2022, at 5:13 PM, Alice Waugh wrote: > >  > The Bay

Re: [LincolnTalk] textile (clothing) recycling

2022-08-12 Thread Alice Waugh
The Bay State Textiles bins at the landfill and the school take everything — decent clothing down to torn-up washcloths and old undergarments. The stuff is either resold as used clothing, torn up into wipes for machinery, or shredded into fiber. See the textiles section in this story: -

Re: [LincolnTalk] textile (clothing) recycling

2022-08-12 Thread Sara Mattes
There is a bin at the schools that takes clothing AND fabric -- Sara Mattes > On Aug 12, 2022, at 4:24 PM, Donald Seckler wrote: > > Hi > > I’ve looked for a bin dedicated to fiber recycling, but have found only bins > for used clothing. What’s to be done with worn-out drapes,

Re: [LincolnTalk] textile (clothing) recycling

2022-08-12 Thread Eileen McCrory
I donate "good" clothing to Dress For Success in Boston. https://boston.dressforsuccess.org/ On Fri, Aug 12, 2022 at 1:46 PM June L Matthews wrote: > Hi, all. I am in the process of purging my closet of older dresses and > skirts that I no longer wear. Most items are perfectly wearable, not >

Re: [LincolnTalk] textile (clothing) recycling

2022-08-12 Thread Donald Seckler
Hi I’ve looked for a bin dedicated to fiber recycling, but have found only bins for used clothing. What’s to be done with worn-out drapes, blankets, sheets, etc? Thank. Don Seckler Sent via cell > On Aug 12, 2022, at 2:15 PM, Alice Waugh wrote: > >  > Hi all, > > There is information

Re: [LincolnTalk] textile (clothing) recycling

2022-08-12 Thread Alice Waugh
Hi all, There is information about donating clothing and other textiles in these two "Where Does It All Go?" articles in the Lincoln Squirrel: - Part 4: Beyond the transfer station -

Re: [LincolnTalk] textile (clothing) recycling

2022-08-12 Thread Sara Mattes
I take clothes to the St.Vincent de Paul bin behind St.Julia’s Church in Weston Center. I go there because I know there is more direct use of clothing and/or $$ from sales that goes to programming and people in need. Think Lincoln Food Pantry and the St.VdP Lincoln Emergency Fund-all volunteer

Re: [LincolnTalk] textile (clothing) recycling

2022-08-12 Thread sw via Lincoln
This has been of interest to me too. Here are some nearby organization that I have found and which might be of interest to you or others for clothing donations: More Than Words https://mtwyouth.org/pages/donate-books-and-clothes Savers https://www.savers.com/donate and for higher end newish OR

Re: [LincolnTalk] textile (clothing) recycling

2022-08-12 Thread Leslie Turek
I have had the same question in the past and never got a definite answer. I also would be very interested in finding a place to donate wearable clothing that won't just recycle the items. Leslie Turek On Fri, Aug 12, 2022 at 1:47 PM June L Matthews wrote: > > Hi, all. I am in the process of

[LincolnTalk] textile (clothing) recycling

2022-08-12 Thread June L Matthews
Hi, all. I am in the process of purging my closet of older dresses and skirts that I no longer wear. Most items are perfectly wearable, not soiled or damaged in any way (though there might occasionally be a missing button). In the past I have donated stuff to Goodwill. Does anyone know what