Jealous? Philly residents are about to get curbside textile recycling

Philadelphia Residents Get Curbside Textile-Recycling Program

ecouterre.com 14 Aug '12, 6pm

Jealous? Philly residents are about to get curbside textile recycling

Philadelphia residents won’t have to venture far to rid themselves of castoff garments . Homeowners in Northeast Philadelphia, Montgomery County, and Southern Lehigh County will soon be able to haul clothing, shoes, accessories, and home textiles out to the curb for recycling. The service is a part of an agreement between Community Recycling , a textile recycler headquarted in Fairless Hills, and George Leck and Son , a family-owned, Newton-based company with 40 years of experience in the waste-hauling industry. “Involving our residential customers in a convenient and easy solution to textile recycling is important,” says Tina Leck, head of sales and marketing at George Leck and Son. “Our ultimate goal is to offer our clients the complete spectrum of services for all of their waste and recycling needs. Adding textile recycling makes total sense both ecologically and econom...

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@MySolutions360 » 20 Aug '12, 12am
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@EcoGal247 » 17 Aug '12, 9pm
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@sbauers » 17 Aug '12, 7pm
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@RentAMovingBox » 16 Aug '12, 7pm
Philly residents get pretty, purple curbside bins for #recycling textiles. We need this in LA! [link]
@GlobalGoods » 16 Aug '12, 5pm
Philadelphia's Curbside Textile Recycling helps reduce the 11 million tons of clothing thrown away each year in the USA [link]
@SolidWasteThuCo » 16 Aug '12, 2am
Do you recycle your old clothes--donate to drop boxes or shops. What if it were collected curbside like in Philly. [link]
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Philadelphia gets curbside textile recycling. That and local currencies plus the biggest mural city make Philly awesome [link]
@jasminchua » 14 Aug '12, 11pm
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Textiles ARE recyclable but 85% of discarded textiles end up in landfills. One city starts curbside textile recycling: [link]
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Textile curbside recycling coming to Philly soon? Had no idea. [link]
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