cloth recycling?

[lbmango.livejournal.com]

I have some clothing, bed sheets, etc that aren't "lightly used" They are worn, some of them have holes, etc. Goodwill doesn't want them because evidently they have to pay to recycle unusable clothing, and I have no desire to make Goodwill PAY money...

I'm sure that *SOME* of my stuff is usable by someone, but I'm even more sure that the rest of it can be shredded and turned into rags, or futon stuffing, or something useful. Does anyone know where I can do this? My Google fu is weak, the Somerville web page doesn't appear to say anything useful, and MBTA just says not to leave them touching the 3rd rail...

does anyone have any suggestions?

ETA: I suppose some crafter might want them as well, but that seems less likely to me...

Comments

[ron_newman]

You asked this back in 2009 also, but I don't know if any of those answers are still useful today. (found it by searching this tag for the word "rags")

The most useful response back then was from Second Chances. Their web site doesn't seem to be working at the moment, so I'll throw in a link to their Google cache page for clothing donation.

[lbmango.livejournal.com]

ah. I only looked back 1 year, not two in the archives... D'oh.

I hate it when the best answer to a question is in response to me having asked the same question before B-/

[lbmango.livejournal.com]

Looking back, I see several references to GoodWill, which doesn't want them, and some pointers to animal shelters, which I'll now look into...

Also, does Second Chances still exist? Their web page seems to not be responding.

[ron_newman]

The cache refers to recent and upcoming events this spring, so they must still exist.

Edit: seems to be back now, try the 'Donate Clothing' page. It says they will have a clothing drive on June 22, 2011 from 5 to 7 p.m. at Somerville Community Growing Center - details in early June.