Green HSE Organizes Annual Collection of Clothing for Recycling and Charity

December is usually dedicated to preparing for the New Year, which often includes room cleaning. By the way, how long is it since you sorted out your clothing? Are there a lot of things that you haven’t worn for months or even years? Does everything fall on your head when you open your wardrobe?

In order to stop you from hoarding, Green HSE and Charity Shop have once again organised their regular REclothing campaign to collect unnecessary things.

When: December 3-10

How it works: we put boxes in HSE buildings, and you bring the things you don’t need to give them a second life.

The list of buildings and locations of boxes will be published later, stay tuned!

We collect clean clothes in any condition:

• clothes in any condition (including sheets, bedspreads, towels, and any other fabric items)
• shoes, bags, belts and accessories are accepted only in good condition, as they are not recyclable

We also collect books in foreign languages (only foreign!)

We do not accept (but H&M does):

• underwear and any items in poor condition that are smaller than A4
• anything in poor condition made of fur or leather, hats, tights, stockings, leggings, socks, ties, women's scarves
• things with stains from wine, blood, paint, oil, or large spots of an unknown nature, mouldy things (although they can be washed and then donated)

All the items collected will be sent to the Charity Shop.

The process is simple: things will be taken to the warehouse of the charity shop, sorted, and redirected according to their condition:

• for recycling (poor quality clothing)
• for charity (clothing in good condition goes to the regions and is redistributed to those in need)
• for sale in shops (clothing in perfect condition will be sent to 4 shops in Moscow, part of the revenue goes to support the project (shop rent, staff salaries), the rest of the earnings go to the charity organization ‘Second Wind’).

Why do we need it?

Did you know that the average person throws away approximately 30 kg of clothing each year? Let's multiply this by the world population... or maybe it’s better not to think about it!

Considerable resources and labour are used in the production of clothing, so it shouldn’t end up in a landfill site. We have the opportunity to give it a new lease of life - to find it a new owner or turn it into something useful – so let's take advantage of this opportunity.