we do it all
From post retail marketing to foreign market supply, we’re involved in every facet of the secondhand textile recycling industry.
Mostly, we grow partnerships — with missions, schools and churches as well as graders, sorters, and customers.
We buy and sell locally and globally. In the process, we create jobs, enhance economies, and keep tons of secondhand goods out of landfills.
our textile recycling policy
Recycling is at the heart of our textile business. Textile companies can play a meaningful role in managing the world’s limited resources and reducing waste.
We are playing our part by merging our philanthropic and environmental goals.
items we buy + sell
MAXIMIZING USABILITY
By maximizing the usability of cast-off garments and textiles, our industry diverts 5.5 billion pounds of post-consumer textile waste from going to U.S. landfills every year.*
The sorting and grading of used clothing and textile remnants is key to recycling items to markets where they do the most good.
Used clothing that isn’t wearable is recycled into wiping cloths for cleaning factories and offices. Other non-wearable fabrics are shredded into shoddy for use as carpet padding and insulation. Finally, garnetted fabric is woven into yarn, which is used for new products.
let’s work together
We’d love to welcome you to the Whitehouse & Schapiro family.