Clothes to Good sources post-consumer clothing, shoes, bedding, curtains, fashion accessories and other textile waste from schools, corporate volunteerism programmes and H&M stores across South Africa. The received items are sorted and categorised for different purposes, such as donation, recycling, upcycling, downcycling, shredding or destruction. Funds generated from recycling are utilised to run different social impact projects, such as Clothes to Trees. Clothes to Good also provides skills development and employment opportunities for people with disabilities.

This case study has been created as part of Footprints Africa's work to build a comprehensive open-source database of circular economy initiatives in Africa. We are doing this in collaboration with the African Circular Economy Network (ACEN), as part of our programme to support the circular economy transition in Africa.

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