Helpsy wants you to stop throwing away your old clothes–yes, even your socks and underwear
When it comes to disposing of the clothing and accessories we no longer wear, things can get a bit tricky. While, yes, sometimes we're able to flip pieces at buy-sell-trade retailers such as Buffalo Exchange, or even consign our luxury pieces through places like The RealReal, many times, these pieces have simply reached the end of their life cycle.
HELPSY, founded by Rachel Kibbe, began as an online retailer stocking sustainable clothing labels back in 2018, but after merging with a clothing recycling company—founded by Dan Green, Dave Milliner, and Alex Husted—the initial store shuttered, and Kibbe joined the new team."I saw more of a need for clothing and recycling solutions than a need for more new clothes—no matter how sustainable—and they were doing an incredible thing in this space," says Kibbe.
Kibbe wants the world to stop believing that only the"good stuff" can be recycled, and that everything you donated is going directly to someone in need, as that's not the only happy ending for a garment you no longer want."HELPSY is part of a reverse supply chain and large-scale recycling of clothes, just like any other recyclable commodity like plastics, and just like any other recyclable commodity—like plastics—it's part of a huge secondary market," says Kibbe.
The apparel and footwear industries account for an estimated 8.1 percent of global climate impacts, i.e. global warming. It's estimated that just using recycled fibers to produce new apparel and footwear will not make a dent in this climate change impact. So much of what the industry is touting as circular solutions by making things out of plastic bottles is not really a circular solution at all.
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