Saturday, 11 May 2013

Case Study: Cash for Clothes



Problem:
“Our organisation keeps clothing out of landfills. We do our part to be sure that everything you donate will either be given to individuals or used in industrial applications.” Cash for Clothes: Online

Service:
Cash for Clothes is an organisation that buys used clothing, rags, books and more from private wholesalers, public organisations, and individuals for 65 pence per kilo. These items are sorted and the best of them are sent to places where poverty makes the need most necessary. What is left is then recycled into more fabric and other textiles. Nothing is wasted and the process is simple.
“Call us, text us, send us an email, or drop your recyclables off at one of our many depots in the in the West Midlands. We will pick up clothes the same day, or we will schedule a time to suit your schedule. We sort the clothes to be given to the needy or to be recycled into fibres for third world industries. We even pay up to 65 pence per kilo for clothes, depending upon condition, and we pay the very day we pick them up, We Take Any Clothes.” Cash for Clothes: Online

Outcome:
‘Help yourself to help us help those in need’ is the tagline of the Cash for Clothes website and this perfectly summarises the service they offer. 

Conclusion:
Cash for clothes is actually a charity which I did not know before I started researching their services. Cash for clothes differs from other online sites and retailers that give money in exchange for unwanted goods such as Envirophone, Mazuma and Music Magpie, by offering collections and drop off centres rather than sending items in the post. By giving people a reward or incentive for donating unwanted clothing it encourages them to dispose of them in this way rather than just throwing them in the bin to go into landfill. 



AMY LAURA BURT

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