FIND A WEARABLE COLLECTIONS CLOTHING DROP-OFF
What happens to materials donated?
Gently used clothing is accepted by Wearable Collections staff and taken to a facility where they are sorted into different grades, with an effort to recover as much usable clothing as possible for distribution to second-hand markets. Material that is not suitable for reuse will go to recycling markets to be used as wiping rags or shredded for low grade fiber products such as insulation.
What Wearable Collections Accepts:
Accepted: Clean and dry clothing, paired shoes, linens, handbags, belts, and other reusable textiles.
Not accepted: fabric rolls or scraps of any size, rugs, carpeting, pillows, comforters, or luggage.
Why can’t I recycle scraps?
Due to a shift in market conditions, Wearable Collections is unable to accept large volumes of scraps for processing. Your quality donations ensure the sustainability of the textile recycling program, which recovers the portion of non-reusable material for secondary uses.
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7.3 Million lbs Collected Since 2007
The average New Yorker tosses 46 pounds of clothing and other textiles in the trash each year. All told, NYC residents discard nearly 200,000 tons of textiles every year, at a cost to taxpayers and our environment.
Textiles can be dropped off weekly at the following locations.
In cases of severe weather, markets may close early or be cancelled.
Please drop early and check our blog or follow us on social media for schedule updates.
| BOROUGH | GREENMARKET | DAY | TIME |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brooklyn | Carroll Gardens Greenmarket Smith b/t 1st & 2nd Pl |
Sundays | 8am-1:30pm |
| Brooklyn | Bartel-Pritchard Square Prospect Park West at 15th Street | Sundays | 8am-2pm |
| Brooklyn | Brooklyn Borough Hall On plaza at Court St and Montague St, Brooklyn | Saturdays | 8am-2pm |
| Brooklyn | Ft. Greene Greenmarket Myrtle Ave & Washington Park |
Saturdays |
8am-1:30pm |
| Brooklyn | Grand Army Plaza Greenmarket Flatbush Ave & Prospect Park W (Prospect Park entrance) |
Saturdays | 8am-2pm |
| Brooklyn | McCarren Park Greenmarket Union Ave and Driggs |
Saturdays | 8:30am-1pm |
| Manhattan | 77th/79th Street Greenmarket 77th St btw. Columbus Ave & Central Park West |
Sundays | 9am-12pm |
| Manhattan | Columbia University Greenmarket Broadway & 116th St |
Sundays | 9am-12pm |
| Manhattan | Inwood Greenmarket Isham St between Seaman Save and Cooper St | Saturdays | 9:30am-12:30pm |
| Manhattan | Tompkins Square Greenmarket E 7th St & Ave A |
Sundays | 9am-1pm |
| Manhattan | Tribeca Greenmarket Greenwich St between Chambers and Duane, Manhattan | Saturdays | 8:30am-1:30pm |
| Queens | Forest Hills Greenmarket South side of Queens Blvd at 70th Ave | Sundays | 9:30am- 12:30pm |
| Queens | Jackson Heights Greenmarket 34th Ave between 79th & 80th Street | Sundays | 9am-1pm |
| Queens | Sunnyside Greenmarket Skillman Ave b/t 42nd & 43rd Sts |
Saturdays | 9:30am-12:30pm |
