What Bay State Textiles does

Bay State Textiles Inc. is a privately held for-profit post-consumer textile recycling company headquartered at 17 Joseph Street, Kingston, Massachusetts. Founded around 1985 with over 40 years of industry experience, the company operates a community-based collection model in which it places and weekly-services textile donation bins at schools, municipal facilities, and community locations across more than 180 municipalities in Massachusetts and Connecticut, with no cost to the host site. Accepted items include clothing, footwear, accessories, and linens in any condition; collected textiles are routed through reuse (45%), wiping-cloth conversion (30%), and fiber recycling into new products (20%). The company pays a $120-per-ton rebate to participating municipalities and schools based on donation weight, monetizing the difference between the rebate and end-market resale value. The two principal product lines are the Municipal Textile Recycling Program and the School Box Program (including a district-wide variant), supported by a community-led go-to-market motion that relies on municipal and DPW relationships, earned media coverage, school district partnerships, and educational outreach. Operations are run by a small named management team including a Director of Operations (Andy Knight), a MA Account Manager (Samantha Marino), a CT Recycling Development Coordinator (Cori Cea-Curry), a CT Warehouse Manager (Mark Ward), and an Export Sales lead (Paul Curry), with a separately identified owner (Paul Curry) per the leadership record. The business is independently owned, with no venture capital, private equity, or parent company disclosed.

Revenue accrues from selling collected textiles into secondary markets (resale, wiping rags, fiber recycling). The company is positioned to benefit from the Massachusetts textile disposal ban under MassDEP regulations, which mandates diversion from landfill and creates compliance-driven demand from municipalities. Technology is operational rather than digital: physical bin infrastructure, weekly route servicing, and outbound end-market relationships. No AI/ML, software platform, or proprietary technology stack is disclosed.

Bay State Textiles is a profitable regional operator with no public funding, no M&A activity, and a long operational track record. Its competitive position rests on an established 180+ municipality distribution footprint, regulatory tailwinds in Massachusetts, and 40+ years of brand trust with municipal procurement decision-makers. Key risks include commodity price volatility on collected textiles, geographic concentration in two New England states, dependence on municipal relationships that can be repriced by competitors, and the absence of technology-driven differentiators that newer entrants may bring to route optimization and automated sortation.

Name

Bay State Textiles

Legal name

Bay State Textiles Inc.

Website

https://baystatetextiles.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1985

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Bay State Textiles is a privately held Massachusetts-based post-consumer textile recycling company that places and services donation bins for 180-plus municipalities and schools in Massachusetts and Connecticut, monetizing collected clothing, footwear, and linens through reuse, wiping-cloth, and fiber-recycling end markets while paying communities a per-ton rebate.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Textile Recycling Services

NAICS

Textile Mills (313), Other Textile Product Mills (3149)

SIC

Wholesale-Apparel, Piece Goods & Notions (5130), Textile Mill Products (2200)

akta.pro primary industry

Post-Consumer Textile Collection & Sorting (Take-Back/Charity/Reverse Logistics) (IMAOAMAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Textile & Apparel Sorting/Recovery Facilities (EUAIADAJ), Textile & Apparel Recycling and Sorting (Non-E-waste) (BPALADAL)

Keywords

• Textile recycling services
• Clothing donation collection
• Municipal recycling programs
• School fundraising programs
• Post-consumer textile waste

Headquarters

HQ city

Kingston

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Textile Recycling Collection Services: Bay State Textiles generates revenue through collecting post-consumer textiles from community bins. The company provides a rebate of $120 per ton to participating schools and municipalities, creating a sustainable circular economy model where communities receive financial returns while the company processes and resells collected textiles for reuse and recycling.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Bay State Textiles operates a post-consumer textile recycling service that places dedicated collection bins at schools and municipal sites throughout Massachusetts and Connecticut, services them weekly at no cost to the host community, and disburses a $120 per ton rebate based on collected weight. The company accepts all clothing, footwear, accessories, and linens in any condition, then routes materials to three end uses: second-hand reuse, wiping cloth production, and fiber recycling into new products. It serves more than 180 municipalities and runs dedicated School Box Programs for educational fundraising and environmental education.

Product overview

Bay State Textiles operates as a post-consumer textile waste recycling service with two primary offerings: municipal textile recycling programs serving over 180 communities in Massachusetts and Connecticut, and a School Box Program for educational institutions. The municipal program provides free collection bins to towns with weekly servicing and offers a $120 per ton rebate. The School Box Program places branded donation boxes at schools with weekly pickups and monthly rebate disbursements. The company accepts all clothing, footwear, accessories, and linens regardless of condition, diverting reusable items for second-hand use and recycling damaged textiles into wiping cloths or fiber for new materials.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• School Box Program: A school fundraising program that educates students on textile recycling while generating revenue for schools through textile collection bins.

Products and services

• Municipal Textile Recycling Program A community-based textile recycling service that provides collection bins to municipalities throughout Massachusetts and Connecticut, services them weekly at no cost to the town, and offers a $120 per ton rebate for participating communities. Designed for cities, towns, DPWs, and recycling cooperatives seeking to divert textiles from landfills and comply with the MassDEP Waste Ban.
• School Box Program An educational textile recycling program for K-12 schools that places collection boxes at schools, services them weekly, and disburses monthly rebate checks based on donation weight. Includes educational materials covering economics, environmental impact, community service, and peer-to-peer education. Designed for schools seeking fundraising revenue and curriculum-aligned sustainability programming.
• Connecticut School Box Program A Connecticut-specific version of the School Box Program, coordinated by a dedicated CT Recycling Development Coordinator, offering the same educational and fundraising benefits to Connecticut schools with regional servicing and warehousing in CT.
• Textile Collection Services Core collection service accepting all clothing, footwear, accessories, and linens in any condition (clean and dry) for recycling and reuse. Items not suitable for reuse are converted into wiping rags or broken down into fibers for new materials. Designed for municipalities, schools, and community members participating in BST's bin programs.

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• South Shore Recycling CooperativecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBay State Textiles partners with the South Shore Recycling Cooperative to provide textile recycling services to member municipalities. The cooperative has recognized BST as a steadfast partner in municipal solid waste management.
• S.M.A.R.T.coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerBay State Textiles is associated with S.M.A.R.T. (Secondary Materials, And Recycled Textiles) and uses S.M.A.R.T. educational materials for school programs, including educational materials for K-2nd grade and general textile recycling fact sheets.
• MassDEP Waste Ban ProgramcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPer the MassDEP Waste Ban, textiles have been banned from disposal in Massachusetts. Bay State Textiles operates in compliance with and benefits from this regulatory framework.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• USAgain: USAgain operates a nationwide network of textile recycling collection bins placed at schools, businesses, and municipalities. It is a direct competitor to Bay State Textiles, offering the same no-cost bin placement model with downstream resale of collected clothing, footwear, and linens.
• Helpsy: Helpsy is a textile recycling startup that collects clothing and textiles via home pickup and partner drop-offs, then sorts for reuse, recycling, and wiping-cloth conversion. It competes directly with Bay State Textiles for municipal and institutional textile diversion contracts on the East Coast.
• GreenDrop: GreenDrop operates donation pickup stations and drop-off locations for clothing and household textiles, partnering with municipalities and nonprofits in the Mid-Atlantic. It competes with Bay State Textiles for municipal textile diversion partnerships on the East Coast.
• Planet Aid: Planet Aid operates yellow textile donation bins across the United States, including in the Northeast, collecting clothing and shoes for reuse and recycling. It uses the same bin-based, municipal-partnership model as Bay State Textiles to capture post-consumer textiles.
• American Textile Recycling (ATR): ATR operates textile recycling bins throughout Texas and other states, partnering with municipalities and schools on a no-cost basis. It mirrors Bay State Textiles' community-led collection model but focuses on the South Central U.S.
• Wearable Collections: Wearable Collections provides clothing and textile recycling collection services for municipalities, schools, and businesses in the New York metropolitan area. It is a direct competitor to Bay State Textiles, offering curbside and bin-based textile collection with downstream sorting for reuse and recycling.

Broad incumbents

• Goodwill Industries International: Goodwill operates donation bins and retail stores nationwide, accepting clothing and textiles for resale and reuse. While it is a much larger nonprofit with broader retail operations, it competes for the same post-consumer textile stream that Bay State Textiles depends on.
• Salvation Army: The Salvation Army operates donation drop-offs and pickup services for clothing and household textiles across the United States. As a broad incumbent nonprofit collector, it competes with Bay State Textiles for both donated textiles and municipal partnership opportunities in New England.

Emerging players

• Rewoven: Rewoven is an emerging textile-to-textile recycling startup focused on turning post-consumer clothing into new yarn. While not a direct bin-collection competitor, it represents the next-stage, higher-margin direction the post-consumer textile recycling industry is moving toward.

Others

• Secondary Materials and Recycled Textiles (SMART): SMART is the trade association for the post-consumer textile recycling industry, of which Bay State Textiles is a member. It is an ecosystem participant that sets industry standards, provides educational materials, and represents the sector to policymakers.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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