No need to throw out your old clothing to make room for this season's pieces, an assortment of your favorite retail stores have been offering discounts or credit in exchange for used items.
H&M-owned brand & Other Stories recently announced a new recycling program that allows customers to drop off clothing items -- of any condition and brand -- to receive a 10% off voucher. All items collected will be passed to recycling partners as raw material.
& Other Stories had previously offered a beauty recycling program that also gave 10% discount coupons to those that return the company's empty beauty containers before expanding the program to clothing.
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All received items will either be recycled into fabrics, become second-hand clothing, reused to create cleaning cloths or other products, or upcycled, turning the product into another of higher quality.
We’re happily spreading the word about our new in-store textile recycling program that is launching in Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, United Kingdom and the United States. For more info, link in bio. #andotherstories A photo posted by & Other Stories (@andotherstories) on Nov 2, 2015 at 3:04am PST
& Other Stories isn't the only clothing company that has participated in recycling movements. These seven retailers accept or have accepted used clothing in an effort to help those in need or to curb the billions of pounds of clothing items that end up in landfills yearly.
1. H&M
On the run? Just grab your favourite fashion staples, head out, and catch the #weekend! #HM❤️ #70s A photo posted by H&M (@hm) on Oct 10, 2015 at 12:58am PDT
& Other Stories' mother company, H&M, has a global recycling program. You can bring any used clothing into H&M stores to receive 15% off your entire purchase.
2. Target
One pair of joggers, two looks! The lace print will look extra polished with heels, or sweet and casual with easy basics. Shop this look now via our profile link. #TargetStyle A photo posted by Target Style (@targetstyle) on Sep 12, 2015 at 1:56pm PDT
Recently Target partnered with online secondhand clothing store thredUP. Customers in Minneapolis could fill a thredUP bag with used items and bring the bag to Target locations in exchange for store credit. thredUP only accepted products that were on-trend and in-season, making it difficult to receive large sums of credit.
3. Madewell
denim recycling in real time / just some of the jeans we collected yesterday in nyc—help us reach our goal of 40,000 pairs (!) by bringing yours into *any* madewell store this weekend. you'll get $20 off a new pair as our way of saying thanks #denimmadewell p.s., nyc friends, follow our pop-up denim recycling truck as we update our locations on twitter (@madewell1937) to drop off your old jeans on the go. A photo posted by Madewell (@madewell1937) on Oct 8, 2015 at 11:35am PDT
Last month, Madewell paired up with denim recycling organization, Blue Jeans Go Green, to turn old jeans into housing insulation. In exchange for an old pair, Madewell gave customers $20 off a new pair of jeans.
4. Patagonia
Little man Fitz leads the way for Momma Caldwell. Photo: @mikeylikesrocks A photo posted by Patagonia (@patagonia) on Feb 18, 2015 at 10:13am PST
You can send your used Patagonia products back to be recycled or repurposed.
5. Levi's
Sunday scenario. #LiveInLevis A photo posted by Levi's (@levis) on May 17, 2015 at 7:17am PDT
In July, Levi's announced that they would be providing 20% off vouchers for any used clothing or shoes brought into one of their stores.
6. American Eagle
Get street to sport ready #AEOSTYLE. Shop our Men's Any/Wear collection now at AE.com. A photo posted by American Eagle (@americaneagle) on Oct 8, 2015 at 5:08pm PDT
For Earth Day 2015, American Eagle was collecting used denim to shred and recycle into insulation and building materials in combination with the Make It Right foundation. Customers could bring their old pairs into any AEO store and receive a 20% discount on a new pair of jeans.
7. Aéropostale
all new colors from @seriouslystretchy are here! available in store & online. click link in bio to shop now. A photo posted by AERO (@aeropostale) on Nov 1, 2015 at 6:03pm PST
Each year, Aéropostale partners with DoSomething for a jean drive entitled "Teens for Jeans." Unlike other campaigns, these jeans are donated to homeless teenagers in need. Schools are encouraged to start drives, with each person participating receiving a $25 coupon.
Bonus
Although not clothing, if you return six empty product containers to MAC Cosmetics to be recycled, you will receive a free MAC lipstick of your choice.