Planet Aid

06/18/2026

The Planet Aid Blog is highlighting a few fashion brands (and secondhand resellers) that are making the effort to utilize sustainable solutions like...

♻️recycling
🔃reuse
👖repurposing
💵buying back, or
📍 repair

Of course, no brand is perfect, but you have to start somewhere. Check out the article: "From Waste to Wardrobe: Brands Redefining Fashion Through Recycling and Reuse."

Do you have a favorite clothing brand for sustainable solutions?

A growing group of brands is proving discarded textiles can become the foundation for something better. By embracing recycling, repurposing, and reuse,

06/17/2026

Our latest episode of Sustainable Solutions with Planet Aid is here. 🎉🎈🎉It features Jennifer Wang, CEO of Full Cycle Resource Consulting.

We're diving deep for an extremely comprehensive conversation🎙️ about the textile reuse sector. We're talking about the importance of data transparency and how it affects livelihoods, funding, and policy.

🎧Check out the full episode here or on your favorite streaming service. (Podcast links in the comments🔗💬)

The Federation Humana People to People Garson & Shaw LLC Humana Povo para Povo Brasil Humana Spain HPP-Congo National Recycling Coalition S.M.A.R.T. (Secondary Materials And Recycled Textiles) Association Reusable Nation Reducewastenow / Zero Waste Shop

06/16/2026

The third Wednesday of the month📅 means another new podcast episode of Sustainable Solutions with Planet Aid. 🎙️Episode 33 will feature Jennifer Wang of Full Cycle Resource Consulting (FCR)

Monica and Haley talk to Jennifer about her research concerning the textile recycling and reuse supply chain, data transparency, the circular economy, and more.

So go ahead and check out this clip, and don't forget to tune in on Wednesday, June 17, at https://hubs.ly/Q04lyQ6r0, YouTube, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Substack, or wherever podcasts are streamed.

06/15/2026

In celebration of Waste & Recycling Workers Week🎈🎉🎈, we are thankful for the contributions of our frontline team of workers who have helped Planet Aid keep nearly 2 billion pounds of textiles in reuse and out of the landfill. ♻️

06/13/2026

We’re moving up in the world! Due to high demand and the permission from National Auto Center, we now have TWO Planet Aid donation bin located across the street from Mia Regazza in the Town of Abington MA!

When you donate clothing, shoes, and textiles to these bins, the proceeds go directly into the Abington Veterans Discretionary Fund to support local Veterans and surviving spouses facing hardships.

Clean out those closets and help support your neighbors right here in our community! A small donation can make a big difference.

06/11/2026

Have you checked out our latest podcast episode? Episode #32 of Sustainable Solutions with Planet Aid takes a look at the hardship of child bedlessness. (🔗Podcast links in the article🔗)

Although it's not a well-known issue, it affects up to 3 percent of any given town's population. Learn about what our guest, Luke Mickelson, and the local chapters of his organization, Sleep in Heavenly Peace, are doing to help.

https://hubs.ly/Q04l6sBS0

Luke Mickelson, founder of Sleep in Heavenly Peace, joins the Sustainable Solutions with Planet Aid podcast to discuss the issue of child bedlessness.

06/11/2026

On our latest edition of the Sustainable Solutions with Planet Aid podcast, we're talking to Luke Mickelson, founder of Sleep in Heavenly Peace. In this clip, he talks about having volunteers with big hearts, which can make nonprofits susceptible to "mission creep."

Learn more at https://hubs.ly/Q04l4RHY0

06/10/2026

🔉Calling all donors in Methuen, Hopedale, Milford, Milbury, and Bellingham! We have one more June home pickup date📅 for your clothing, shoes, and other textile donations. Contact us to reserve your spot. 📱♻️🖥️

06/09/2026

06/08/2026

𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨! ✨ Occasionally, we receive a video from one of our donors, Katya. We've really enjoyed receiving clips🎞️ of her son making clothing donations at our Planet Aid bins from ages 10 to 14. As you can imagine, there's been a lot of growth in that time. Thanks for making us part of your son's growth and consistent textile donation stewardship journey, Katya.♻️👖👕♻️