Nearly 270 million tons of materials considered “trash” fall into our landfills every year. Textiles should not be a part of this calculation. Simply put, if your clothes, footwear, and accessories are in great re-usable condition, then donate or resell them through consignment. If they are beat up, stained, holed-up, and tattered, then please, try to find alternatives to tossing in the trash. Here are a few organizations I found that recycle old textiles into something usable and good for the environment…

Do you have a large collection of mix matched LEGO in your life? Are they crammed in a bin with no one interested in playing with them anymore? Well, there is a fantastic option for those un-used pieces…give them a new life by donating to LEGO Replay.