CHARLOTTE & RALEIGH RESOURCES

Mattress Donating & Recycling - Read an informative blog post from Amerisleep here

CD & DVD Mail-In Recycling - CD Recycling Center of America

Plastic Bags & Film Recycling - Plastic Film Recycling - Food Lion & Target

Electronics Recycling: Best Buy

Partially Used & Empty Make-up /Toiletry Items Recycling - Terracycle

Book Donations: Better World Books

Cell Phones: decluttr offers a buyback program and you can check how much you could sell it for here. Another option is ecoATM 

If you would like to donate your cell phone instead, Secure The Call is a national nonprofit that recycles cell phones for a safer community and helps provide connection for victims of domestic violence and for COVID 19 patients in hospitals. Cell Phones for Soldiers provides free cell communication to active military and veterans. 

An option for recycling cell phones is Call2Recycle where you can find a local drop off location, such as Lowes, Home Depot and Staples.

Battery Recycling: Find out where to locally recycle rechargeable and single use batteries at Call2Recycle.

Online Consignment Stores:

ThredUp - super simple and an easy way to sell your clothing. They send you a postage pre-paid bag, you fill it up and send it back, they take care of the rest and send you a check for what sells.

Crossroads Trading - provides the same service as ThredUp.

The RealReal - for select high end designer clothing. This is their list of accepted designers. They even offer at-home pickup of your items.

RALEIGH RESOURCES

Art & Craft Supply Donations - The Scrap Exchange is a nonprofit organization with a mission to promote creativity, environmental awareness, and community through reuse. They accept art and craft supplies, fabric and yarn, sewing accessories and many more items on this list.

Architecture and Interior Design Samples - The Scrap Exchange accepts material samples from architecture and interior design firms.

Books - To sell books locally, head to The Reader’s Corner. To donate locally, visit your local Wake County Public Library. Another option is to donate to your local Little Free Library.

Mattresses - Deja Vu Thrift Store

Raleigh Clothing Donations - Raleigh Rescue Mission. Another option is Dress For Success - The Mission of Dress for Success is to empower women to achieve economic independence by providing a network of support, professional attire and development tools to help women thrive in work and in life. You can find out what clothing items they specifically need here.

Raleigh General Household & Clothing Donations - Guardian Angel Thrift that supports Alzheimers research. Deja Vu Thrift Store supporting people impacted by abuse and addition. Thrift 2 Gift - supporting children and families in crisis situations. Cause For Paws - supports pets waiting for adoption.

CHARLOTTE RESOURCES

Recycling - Curbside and Drop Off recycling with Mecklenburg County.

Books - To sell books locally, head to 2nd and Charles. They also will buy select CDs, DVDs, video games, game systems, musical instruments, action figures, games and toys, and comics.

A great place to donate books in Charlotte is Julia’s Cafe & Books, which is affiliated with Habitat For Humanity. Another option is to donate to your local Little Free Library.

Charlotte Clothing Consignment Stores:

Divine Consign accepts select seasonal pieces and donates unsold items to a local charity.

JT Posh specializes in second hand designer and luxury high end clothing.

Charlotte Clothing Donations:

Dress For Success' Charlotte location empowers women to achieve economic independence by providing a network of support, professional attire and development tools to help women thrive in work and in life. You can find out what items they are accepting here.

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