Children grow very quickly, so much so that sometimes you don't have time to put on a shirt or shoes more than two or three times, leaving it almost new. And no, throwing it away is not an option. If you don't know where you can deliver your children's used clothes, today we share different alternatives.
It is very normal to have to get rid of semi-new clothes. Giving it to a relative or a neighbor is an option but there are also several organizations and companies in Spain who are in charge of collecting used clothing to donate it to those who need it, sell it to finance solidarity projects or allocate it to recycling. Know them!
By donating your children's used clothing, you will not only behelping people in need, You will also be taking care of the environment and creating jobs. Ready to lend a hand? Clean the clothes, organize them in a bag and take them to one of these places:
Where to deliver used clothing
Many organizations collect used clothing through containers in our country and a few have physical collection points and stores that allow the integration of people at risk of explosion. But it is not the only alternative, you can also donate your clothes to people close to you, in your neighborhood or city.
We take it back campaign
La "We take it back" campaign – We recycle your clothes” has the objective take another step towards circularity in the fashion world. Its dynamic is focused on avoiding the generation of waste in two ways. The first, giving a new life to the collected products that can still be reused. And the second, recycling those products that are no longer in a condition to be used again.
How do I participate in the campaign and donate my clothes? It's very simple: fill a conventional bag with the clothes and shoes you don't want and take it to any C&A store in Spain (except the Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla). Deliver the bag in the box and in exchange you will receive a 10% discount coupon for your next purchase.
Once donated, the garments have two possible destinations. If they are in good condition, they are used again. If garments cannot be reused they will come back to life in a number of ways: rags, furniture, in the automotive sector, in parks…
Fashion re- Caritas
Fashion re- It is collection, reuse, recycling, donation and sale of used clothing. A program of Cáritas Española, which has three objectives and challenges.
- Promote access to the labor market for people in a situation or at risk of exclusion.
- Manage and dignify social delivery to families with limited economic resources.
- Give the collected clothing the best possible treatment, respecting the waste hierarchy.
Under the motto "we recycle clothes, we insert people", the project has the efforts of 700 volunteers and the work of 750 workers, half of whom come from the job placement programs of Caritas.
Are you interested in contributing to the project? You can donate your clothes by depositing them in one of the 4500 selective collection containers (red in color and with a heart logo) scattered throughout the country or in any of the 100 points of sale and donation that the project has today. The clothes are collected and sent to comprehensive treatment plants in Barcelona, Bilbao and Valencia where they are classified and selected following strict quality filters. The garments in perfect condition are referred to his chain of second-hand stores Moda re. And the products that, due to their composition or state, cannot be reused, are recycled and turned into industrial rags, acoustic and thermal insulation material...
Zara collection program
Inside of Clothing Collection Program #joinlife Zara is committed to making get your used clothes to local NGOs as part of its social and environmental commitment. All you have to do is deposit the clothes in the containers that you will find in their stores or request the collection service (not available in all markets.
Cáritas through the Moda re- program, Red Cross, China Environmental Protection Foundation, Le Relais and The Salvation Army, are some of the organizations with which they work. All the collected garments are delivered to the organizations and it is these that classify the garments based on their condition and quality to give them a second life: reuse or recycling.
People to people on Wallapop
Do you not trust organizations and prefer to hand it over to a person? Wallapop is a platform to buy and sell, but nobody forces you to put a price on your child's used clothes. There are many mothers, in fact, who group the garments in lots by ages and give them away or sell them for symbolic prices to others. And you can do the same.
Did you know these programs where to deliver used clothing?