The charity organizations we rely on are overwhelmed by donated clothes. Two words explain why this happens: overconsumption and oversupply.
Guest columnist Barbara Goldberg, co-vice president for retail operations at the National Council of Jewish Women, has been a member of NCJW/CLE since 1984.Taught from a young age the importance of ...
Is your closet bursting at the seams, but you don’t want to just throw out the clothes you no longer wear? Do you have clothes that are in perfectly good condition, but you just never wear them? You ...
NEW ROCHELLE, N.Y - Americans discard more than 30 billion pounds of clothing every year, with 85% going into the trash. Advocates want more people to donate clothing instead, and to do so wisely.
Donating old clothes to charities is a common practice. However, this act often creates a surplus of garments. These clothes ...
As much as we have all rightly had our minds on making sure those who need it have access to enough food in the coming days (or weeks), there is another need we must not ignore. Families struggling to ...
Is your closet bursting at the seams but you don’t want to just throw out the clothes you no longer wear? Do you have clothes that are in perfectly good condition, but you just never wear them? You ...