USAgain
Template:Unreviewed USAgain is a for-profit textile recycling company operating in the United States. USAgain operates green and white collection bins at a variety of sites, including businesses, schools and places of local government. The company was founded in Seattle in 1999 and has since expanded to over 10,000 collection sites in 18 states. USAgain is headquartered in West Chicago, IL.
In 2012, USAgain collected 58 million pounds of textiles for reuse and recycling[1] . A significant portion of clothing collected by USAgain is exported to be sold in foreign secondhand clothing markets,[2] like many other textile recycling organizations[3] In addition to collecting clothing via bins, USAgain has a partnership to collect shoes at 2013 Warrior Dash races in the contiguous U.S.[4][5].
USAgain operates 11 division offices[6] :
- Atlanta (Stone Mountain, GA)
- Chicago (West Chicago, IL)
- Denver
- Milwaukee (Waukesha, WI)
- New York City (Mount Vernon, NY)
- Wilkes-Barre, PA
- St. Louis
- San Francisco (Hayward, CA)
- Seattle (Auburn, WA)
- Los Angeles (Lake Forest, CA)
References
- ^ "USAgain.com". USAgain. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
- ^ "USAgain.com". USAgain. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
- ^ {{cite news|last=Northam|first=Jackie|title=The Global Afterlife Of Your Donated Clothes|url=http://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2013/05/21/185596830/the-global-afterlife-of-your-donated-clothes%7Cpublisher=NPR News|accessdate=4 Septemb.
- ^ "Recycled Shoes Drive The Warrior Dash". Lee's Summit Tribune. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
- ^ Associated Press (24 August 2013). "Participants of national mud race in central Iowa can donate shoes for recycling". Seymour Tribune. Retrieved 4 September 2013.
- ^ "My Local USAgain". USAgain. Retrieved 4 September 2013.