Categories: Recycle

Where Can I (Wednesday) – Recycle Used Bras?

Hey ladies – Do you have some extra used bras lying around? Or gents, have an ex or two’s left over bra in your closet that you don’t want to return?

You can recycle used bras to give them a new life for a woman in need!

Free the Girls rescues women from sex trafficking and helps them start a new life. They recycle used bras of all types (athletic, nursing, camisoles, and the regular type). The best news is that you can drop them off at a their Philadelphia-affiliated Hope Chest. (1937 Chestnut Street, Phila, 19103).

Live outside the city? You can simply mail them to:

Free The Girls
8200 S. Quebec St.
#A3-137
Centennial, CO 80112

The Bra Recyclers also recycle and reuse old bras to developing countries around the world. You can mail yours to:

3317 S. Higley Rd, Ste 114-441
Gilbert, AZ 85297

Fun Fact: Japanese women can recycle used bras to be converted into fuel!
Ladies, do you know of any other places to recycle used bras? (I’m still trying to figure out where to donate them once that damn underwire gets worn out!

 

Photo: Go Green America

Julie Hancher

Julie Hancher is Editor-in-Chief of Green Philly, sharing her expertise of all things sustainable in the city of brotherly love. She enjoys long walks in the park with local beer and greening her travels, cooking & cat, Sir Floofus Drake.

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