What’s the Best Way to Get Rid of Your Old Clothes?

Bay Curious

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History, Society & Culture, Places & Travel

4.9 • 999 Ratings

🗓️ 11 July 2019

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Spring cleaning, Marie Kondo-ing, whatever you want to call it — there is a massive purge of clothing coming out of people’s closets right now. Thrift stores across the country have reported unprecedented surges in their clothing donations. Bay Curious listener Ellen wants to know: What can you do with used clothing? What if it’s not suitable for donation sites? Can you recycle the material in the Bay Area? In this episode of Bay Curious, we sort a pile of clothes with a sustainable clothing expert, learn about a new business model and take a trip to a Goodwill sorting facility. Read the full web story: How to Responsibly Purge Your Closet in the Bay Area Reported by Sarah Craig. Bay Curious is made by Olivia Allen-Price, Jessica Placzek, Robert Speight, Katie McMurran, Paul Lancour and Ryan Levi. Additional support from Julie Caine, Suzie Racho, Ethan Lindsey, Pat Yollin and David Weir. Theme music by Pat Mesiti-Miller. Ask us a question or sign up for our newsletter at BayCurious.org. Follow Olivia Allen-Price on Twitter @oallenprice.

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0:00.0	From K-QED.
0:02.0	Hey guys, I'm Olivia Allen Price, and today on Bay Curious, I'm talking about used clothing
0:09.5	with reporter Sarah Craig.
0:11.0	Sarah, welcome to the studio.
0:13.0	Thank you.
0:14.0	So I know you are moving to Boulder, Colorado, and you mentioned that you have been doing some
0:19.0	clothing purging.
0:20.2	I am doing a lot of clothing purging.
0:22.4	What is the weirdest thing that you've pulled out of your closet that you're trying to get rid of?
0:25.0	Mm.
0:26.0	Weirdest thing.
0:27.0	I have a lot of half-knitted sweaters and socks.
0:31.0	Oh, which I didn't knit myself, I just somehow ended up in my stuff.
0:34.7	Someone gave you a half knitted sweater?
0:36.3	I think it like was in a chest I bought off Craigslist and I just kept it for years.
0:41.1	Okay.
0:42.1	That's not that. Well, I'm asking because I think a lot of people have, are purging their closets right now,
0:49.6	partly because of this, you know, Marie Condo tidying up up phenomenon if you will at Netflix show all about
0:55.2	purging your closet. I'm like I've totally folded my clothes just like Marie Condo.
0:59.2	Well we so we got this question from a woman named Ellen who wants to know what can you do with this used clothing that's not
1:05.5	suitable for donation sites.
1:07.3	Can you recycle the material?
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