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Trashie: Take Back Textile Bags - -
Trashie: Take Back Textile Bags
Partners with brands like For Days and Marine Layer to offer mail-in take back bags for customers to send in clean textiles for recycling. Fees offset costs of recycling processes. Info on new Teck Take Back Box here.
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| Clothing - Poor Condition | Offers mail-in Take Bag Bags for purchase to offset sorting and recycling costs with recycling partners. Items are sorted for reuse and recycling - to be made into new fibers or shredded for shoddy. Products sorted into over 600 categories for reuse or recycling. Most of resale is sent abroad. Like almost all companies exporting used clothes, Trashie does not track end use. |
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| Electronics - Non-working | The Tech Take Back Boxes come in small ($20) or medium ($25), get mailed through UPS, & get sorted, graded, and then moved to downstream partners for reuse or recycling. In exchange, customers get $40 in Trashie cash which can be redeemed for rewards & deals. |
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| Linens/Blankets/Towels - Poor Condition | Offers mail-in Take Bag Bags for purchase to offset sorting and recycling costs with recycling partners. Items are sorted for reuse and recycling - to be made into new fibers or shredded for shoddy. Items are sorted for reuse and recycling - to be made into new fibers or shredded for shoddy. Products sorted into over 600 categories for reuse or recycling. Most of resale is sent abroad. Like almost all companies exporting used clothes, Trashie does not track end use. |
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