THE TOWN OF LEWISBORO ANNOUNCES PARTNERSHIP WITH HELPSY
The Newest Partnership Offers Free and Easy Clothing Recycling Services for the Community
The Town of Lewisboro has announced their partnership with Helpsy, in collaboration with Westchester County, to offer a free and easy home pickup clothing recycling service for the local community.
Lewisboro is to partner with Helpsy to provide free home pickup service, Lewisboro is joining other towns in Westchester in making it as easy as possible for residents to responsibly dispose of their unwanted clothing. Home pickups save Lewisboro money and save the planet resources by keeping clothes out of the trash.
“We are excited to begin this partnership with Helpsy so that we may combine our efforts to keep unwanted textiles out of the trash,” said Supervisor Tony Goncalves.
As a clothing collection company and a certified B corporation with an environmental mission to extend the useful life of clothing, Helpsy partners with municipalities and organizations across 10 states to collect unwanted clothing. Helpsy operates 1,200 clothing collection points and provides free curbside service to millions of Americans. The company funds numerous charities and thrift stores to give consumers convenient and compelling alternatives to garbage. Currently they collect an item of clothing every second.
“Helpsy’s mission is to keep clothes out of the trash,” says Dan Green, Co-Founder and CEO of Helpsy. “We are dedicated to changing the way people think about clothing recycling while adhering to the highest level of social and environmental performance.”
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, textile waste is the fastest-growing type of trash in the country. Americans throw 85% of their clothes in the trash, which is why Helpsy is committed to working with organizations and towns like Lewisboro.
In 2023 alone, Helpsy diverted nearly 30 million pounds of textiles from the waste stream through a combination of clothing drives, home pickups, thrift store partners and clothing bins.
In order to recycle bagged and clean clothing, the community can sign up at www.helpsy.co/ or can call 1 - 800 - 244 - 6350 or use the bin that is located at the Recycling Center located at 11 Main Street.
ABOUT HELPSY: Founded in 2017 by Dan Green, Alex Husted, and Dave Milliner, Helpsy has diverted more than 75,000 tons of used clothing, saving municipalities millions in waste disposal and providing millions in funding to hundreds of nonprofit, municipal, and commercial partners. Helpsy’s collection services are available in 10 Northeast states, and the company diverts bulk quantities of unwanted clothing from sources across the USA and globally.