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Planet Aid donation box in parking lot

Planet Aid accepts gently used, unsoiled, and functional clothing and shoes donations. Please wash and fold the clothes before you place them in a plastic bag and drop them off at a clothing donation bin. Also, please do not leave items outside the clothing donation box.


Planet Aid is a non-profit charity that utilizes your clothing donations to meet our objectives of protecting the environment and providing international development aid.

In 2009 Planet Aid was able to collect and recycle 100 million pounds of used clothing. Recycled items provide affordable clothing to needy people in developing nations. Textile recycling also helps the environment by lessening the need to produce new clothes. Considering the environmental costs of producing new clothing, Planet Aid saved 72 billion gallons of water, 30 million pounds of fertilizer and 20 million pounds of pesticides through our textile recycling program during 2009.

In addition to being environmentally-friendly, proceeds from the sale of donated clothes help us fund programs serving the people of Sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and Asia:

Community development programs that improve the standard of living for families in impoverished areas through a holistic, community-based approach with a focus on education and healthcare.
Health programs with a focus on giving HIV/AIDS affected communities the knowledge and tools necessary to take control of the epidemic.

Agricultural development programs that provide training to small-scale farmers to create food security and income for their families.

Vocational schools that provide education and training to undereducated youth, allowing them to work and contribute to their communities.

Teacher training programs that produce qualified and compassionate primary school teachers for rural areas of the developing world.

Your donations help Planet Aid to support Humana People to People international development aid organizations in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Every day we are able to improve the lives of impoverished people all over the world through the various programs we support.

Your tax-deductible donations are sold to clothes recyclers for delivery to third-world nations, some are sold as wiping clothes used in factories, and others are converted back to fiber and remade as recycled textile products.

In 2009 Planet Aid provided more than $16 million in direct and in-kind support to Humana People to People projects. Your donations have made this possible.