Welcome to Planet Aid - Home of the Yellow Box!
Planet Aid is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization that collects and recycles used clothes and shoes and supports international development projects. Our clothes collection boxes can be found across many major metropolitan areas of the United States, helping to save resources and lessen environmental impacts by reducing waste. Planet Aid supports community-based projects that improve health, increase income, aid vulnerable children, train teachers, and enhance the overall quality of life for people across the globe.
Latest News
NPR Unravels the Story of a T-shirt
NPR’s Planet Money is broadcasting a program that takes its audience behind the scenes of the textile manufacturing industry and briefly touches on the Afterlife of American Clothes. You can listen to it on the radio program daily this week,... Read more
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Donating your used clothes and shoes is a way to support those less fortunate than yourself. It helps capture the residual value in garments that had been cluttering your closet and transfers that value to someone who will embrace the items as prized possessions. When you donate with Planet Aid, your action makes a real difference to the Earth and to the poor. Read more.
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Planet Aid makes it more convenient for Americans to recycle used clothing and shoes by placing collection boxes in nearby locations. Every year millions of tons of unwanted textiles end up in landfills and incinerators. We strive to save these precious resources from wasteful disposal and make them available for reuse. Read more.
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By recycling with Planet Aid, you help fight global warming. The production of cloth fiber, such as cotton, and the manufacture of new clothing from it releases surprising quantities of carbon dioxide. At the other end of the spectrum, clothes that decay in a landfill release methane and other greenhouse gasses that enter the atmosphere. Recycling used clothes is thus doubly cool for the planet. Read more.
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Planet Aid is committed to helping the poor and disadvantaged. Our development approach enables individuals and communities to lift themselves out of poverty and create a better life for their children and themselves. The programs and projects we support create the energy needed to build momentum toward long-term development. Read more.
Planet Aid Blog
Selling Used Clothing in Guatemala City
Mirian is a retail used clothing vendor in a market in Guatemala City. She has been selling used clothing and shoes for more than 20 years. Here she speaks about her experience.I started selling used clothes with my sister in 1988.... Read more
Typhoons and Everyday Disasters
Typhoon Haiyan has impacted approximately 12 million people and killed nearly 4,000. Experts are indicating that this storm is one of the most severe to make landfall in history. U.S. citizens, businesses, and various organizations have been dona... Read more
InterAction Members Respond to Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines
UPDATE: The White House has encouraged Americans to give generously to the Philippine relief effort, and announced a new website where citizens can give to reputable, experienced humanitarian aid organizations, which lists members of Intera... Read more
Celebrating Rural Women Worldwide
Today we celebrate International Day for Rural Women. This day was established in 2007 by the United Nations (UN) to recognize “the critical role and contribution of rural women, including indigenous women, in enhancing agricultural and ru... Read more