Home Eco Offers Textile
Recycling
Beginning August, the third Saturday of the month will
be Textile
Recycling day at Home Eco. The next event is September
20th - From 10:00 until 4:00, you can drop off all that
hard-to-dispose-of, unwanted material, yard-goods, linens,
worn-out and wearable clothing and textiles of all sorts.
The items will be separated and recycled by our local
textile recycler, Remains Inc., in Tower Grove South.
Remains accepts used clothing and household linens in
any condition. Vintage clothes are separated out for
resale, wearable clothes are sent to needy communities
around the world, all-cotton fabrics are snagged for
use in making paper, and other
textiles used to make insulation and stuffing. In addition
to textiles,
Remains accepts paired shoes, purses, belts and backpacks
that can be
reused. Shoes must be in pairs, and in wearable condition.
No insulated boots, ice-skates, rollerblades, spikes
or house slippers.
Clean out your closets and bring in all those old rags
and ripped pillowcases, and rejoice that one more thing
stays out of the landfill! St. Louis’ only green
general store, Home Eco opened in 2006 to bring
greener options to the region’s residents. Winner
of St. Louis
Magazine’s “2008 Easiest Way to Shop Green”
award, Home Eco is located
at 4611 Macklind Ave., in the Southampton neighborhood.
Hours are
Tues/Thurs/Fri 10 to 5; Wed. 10 to 7; Sat. 10 to 4.
For more
information, please call Terry at 314-351-2000.
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