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Home News Resources Scrapping Textile Waste: Clothing, Linens & Mattresses

Scrapping Textile Waste: Clothing, Linens & Mattresses

  • December 18, 2025
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Explore the full life cycle of household textiles and mattresses — why they often end up in landfills, how they can be recycled or repurposed, and what really happens to them after you drop them off at one of CSWD’s facilities. Thank you to our guest speaker, Joe Whitten, Co-Founder and CEO of Apparel Impact!

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Apparel Impacts Main Page

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Sleep Well Recycling Main Page

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