FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQS)

ReUse provides textile recycling services to the Greater Houston area while supporting local nonprofit organizations. ReUse, built on more than 40 years of extensive experience in the textile recycling industry, offers a simplified transparent no-contact donation collection and transportation of used clothing, shoes, and home goods while creating a cleaner, conscious environment.

Yes, once your donation is picked up, you can contact Reuse here and include your name and approximate value of the textiles donated. ReUse will validate your donation and connect you with the charity that you selected for a donation receipt.

All textile donations are sorted into two tiers. The lower tier donations are recycled into other forms of material or fiber for industrial use such as insulation. The higher tier donations are transported to third world communities across the globe that supports stimulating a job market and provide affordable clothing in these countries.

Fill out an online form and once you sign up, we will send you a text with your scheduled pick up date and time. On your scheduled pick up date, you can place your donations in a trash bag or box on your front porch where they will be collected.

Yes, just simply place your donation in a trash or box on your front porch and our drivers will pick-up your donations without person-to-person contact.

Yes, you can choose as many charities as you would like from our charity partner list.

Textile donations are converted to another form of material or fiber for industrial use such as insulation, or are transported to third world countries across the globe where they get a second life.

ReUse partners with Houston-area nonprofits to conduct successful fundraising campaigns by seamlessly collecting and transporting recycled textiles without person-to-person contact. For each pound that is collected, the charity benefits from the funds and ReUse matches the funds raised during the campaign up to the first 100,000 lbs. ReUse also partners with Houston charities to collect textile donations and give them to children or families that its charity partner supports.

To join our partner network, please contact us directly here and include details about your organization’s services, background and current efforts. We are excited to welcome you to our team with critical information about North American Recycled Clothing, including our process, pick up schedules, and funding resources. Once we’ve received and approved your application, we’ll follow up with the next steps to accepting textile donations on your behalf. Please note that our textile recycling services are currently available to nonprofit organizations in the Greater Houston area only.

ReUse has partnered with Houston-area nonprofits such as Child Advocates, Clothes by Faith, Bayou City Art Festival, Daya Houston, The Rose and more. ReUse has provided more than $2 million to Houston-area nonprofits.

Yes, we’re always eager to welcome new nonprofits to our nonprofit partner network. Please note that our textile recycling services are currently available to nonprofit organizations in the Greater Houston area only.

We currently provide textile recycling services to Houston and surrounding areas. We’re still growing and hope to extend our services to Dallas, Austin and other Texas cities and areas soon.

Soon you will be able to drop off textile donations and choose a charity beneficiary at a physical location. We are currently scouting Central Houston storefronts that will serve as a drop-off location in the Greater Houston area for textile donations.

We accept new, like new and used clothing, shoes, and home goods.