Textile reuse program Goodwill Industries The Region of

• Textile reuse program - Goodwill Industries • The Region of Waterloo has partnered with Goodwill Industries for reuse and recycling of textiles (clothing) and household items. Your donations are sold at Goodwill stores and 100 per cent of the proceeds are used to support the community

Visiting Goodwill in London, January 9, 2014 GOODWILL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL ENTERPRISE AND THE ENVIRONMENT, 3410 White Oak Road London, Ontario N 6 E 279

What to Donate • Donating to Goodwill is an easy and convenient way to rid your house of that extra clutter while at the same time providing someone in the community with something they need at a great price and helping someone else find meaningful employment. • While we appreciate all donations we do ask that you take the time to sort your donations before bringing them to one of our Donation Centre locations, to remove any items that we cannot re-sell. Sorting out and disposing of items we cannot sell takes time and resources away from fulfilling our mission. • Please refer to the list below featuring items you can donate to help us fulfill our mission: • Clothing - Outerwear - Footwear In-season, gently used for men, women & children Accessories Belts, purses, jewellery, scarves, gloves, hats • Fabrics Linen, towels, curtains, blankets, area rugs

Unacceptable Items • We are unable to accept items that are too large, heavy or awkward to handle and/or move safely such as some larger furniture items, sofa beds, organs, pianos or console stereos and TVs. • Items that are not recyclable or contain hazardous materials • Items that are too old and do not comply with current safety standards. • Items that are in disrepair, broken and/or have parts, labels or instructions missing. • We do not have the resources to clean or repair items that are soiled or in disrepair, we can only accept gently used items that are in sales floor ready condition.

What is Good Enough for Reuse?

A Data Call from Waste Diversion Ontario in 2011, Textiles collected and monitored in Ontario Partnership City of London Regional Municipality of Waterloo Regional Municipality of York City of Toronto Township of Perry Other 13 Municipalities Total Textiles collected (tonnes) 500 492 422 91 40 131 1, 676

Textile Waste in the Region of Waterloo Population Average Textile Total Textile number in Waste per Waste in the Recovery the Region of person per produced in Region collected Rate Waterloo the Region and monitored 2012 based on data call year 2012 Waste 556, 400 37. 2 kg 20, 700, 000 kg 492, 000 kg 2. 4% Table compiled by Sabine Weber from Region of Waterloo (2013); Council for Textile Recycling (2014); Waste Diversion Ontario (2012)).

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