Donate sustainably. Get rewarded.Send us your unwanted clothes, shoes, handbags, accessories, and home textiles and earn TrashieCash™ back for every Take Back Bag you return. Clean out items in any condition Keep your clothes out of landfill Free, easy return shipping via UPS How it works Order a Take Back Bag – Clean out your closet and fill your bag with up to 15 lbs of clean, dry clothes, shoes, accessories, and home textiles (from any brand, in any condition) Send it Back for Free – Scan the QR code on your bag for shipping instructions. You can print your UPS label or generate a QR code for drop-off Earn & Redeem – Earn TrashieCash™ with every bag you register and send back: Bag 1: $5 Bags 2–4: $2 each Bag 5: get a $15 bonus Five cleanouts = $26 back in your pocket Redeem your TrashieCash™ for gift cards at trashie.io What’s the impact of the Take Back Bag? Each Take Back Bag saves 1596 gallons of water, 151 pounds of CO2 emissions, and 15 pounds of fashion waste from landfill. Why is it better to use a Take Back Bag than other donation options? 85% of ALL textiles end up in landfills and the average American throws away 80lbs of clothing a year. That includes resale, recycling, and donation efforts. Trashie sorts everything responsibly. Each item is carefully assessed to determine whether it can be reused in its existing form, or if it requires recycling for materials. Items are carefully sorted and graded based on quality, condition, and demand. This ensures that each item can be directed to the most suitable next use, whether resale, donation, specific market need, or recycling. What happens to items sent back in the Take Back Bag? 90%+ of the items we take back have a second life. 74% of what we take back is sorted and graded for reuse. 15-22% of what we take back goes to fiber recycling: For items that don’t meet quality standards for reuse, we utilize fiber recycling technology to keep as much as possible in-use and out of the landfill. 5-10% of all Take Back Bag items are sadly, truly trash (think: plastic hangers), and sent to a responsibly managed landfill.
