Charity Recycling Service

Name

Charity Recycling Service

Legal name

Charity Recycling Service

Website

https://charityrecyclingservice.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1999

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Textile Recycling Services

NAICS

Waste Collection (56211), Materials Recovery Facilities (562920)

SIC

Sanitary Services (4950)

akta.pro primary industry

Textile & Apparel Recycling and Sorting (Non-E-waste) (BPALADAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Textile & Apparel Sorting/Recovery Facilities (EUAIADAJ), On-site Recycling Programs (Single-Stream, Source-Separated) (BPABALAB)

Keywords

• Textile recycling services
• Clothing collection bins
• School fundraising programs
• Waste diversion services
• Sustainable fundraising

Headquarters

HQ city

Boca Raton

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Textile Collection and Resale: Collects used clothing, shoes, and household items from partner bins, then sells materials to second-hand markets domestically and internationally. Schools receive $0.10 per pound of collected materials quarterly.
2. Bin Sponsorship Services: Provides branded stainless steel recycling bins to schools and nonprofits, handling delivery, placement, monitoring, and collection. Bin sponsorship creates fundraising opportunities for partner organizations.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Charity Recycling Service provides and maintains branded stainless steel textile recycling bins at schools and nonprofit sites, collects deposited clothing, shoes, and small household items, and pays partner organizations $0.10 per pound collected on a quarterly basis. Collected textiles are sold into domestic and international second-hand markets, creating an income stream for partners while diverting waste from landfills. The company handles delivery, sensor-based monitoring, collection, and marketing support at no cost to the partner.

Product overview

Charity Recycling Service operates a textile collection and recycling program primarily serving schools and nonprofits. The core offering consists of stainless steel recycling bins equipped with proprietary sensor technology that monitors fill levels. Schools participate by hosting bins and receive $0.10 per pound for collected textiles, along with quarterly impact reports. Supporting products include customizable marketing kits and environmental contests for students. The company has partnered with over 1,000 schools and has diverted over 10 million pounds of textiles from landfills annually.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Textile Collection Bins Stainless steel, USA-made recycling bins placed at schools, nonprofits, and community locations. Equipped with proprietary photo sensors that take daily images, monitor fill levels, and notify the company when bins need to be emptied, enabling just-in-time collection. Offered free of charge to partner organizations.
• Textile Recycling Program End-to-end collection, transport, and recycling service for used clothing, shoes, and small household items deposited in partner bins. Diverts textiles from landfills and redistributes them to second-hand markets domestically and internationally, creating thousands of jobs in the resale supply chain.
• School Fundraising Service A fundraising service for K-12 schools in which partner schools host a textile recycling bin, the company collects and processes the donated items, and the school receives $0.10 per pound for all collected textiles, paid quarterly, along with impact reporting on collection metrics and environmental outcomes.
• School Recycling Contests Environmental awareness contests for partner school students and teachers covering recycling, forest rescue, water conservation, and alternative energy, with prizes awarded to encourage participation and reinforce sustainability education.
• Marketing Kits for Partners Customizable promotional resource kits including print posters and flyers, web content, social media post templates, and email blast templates provided to partner schools to help them promote the textile recycling and fundraising program to students and families.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 20,000,000 pounds of textiles collected annually
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• Foundation for Orange County Public SchoolsflagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2020Recognized as Business Partner in Education for work with the Foundation for Orange County Public Schools in 2020. Selected to represent OCPS for the Florida Department of Education Commissioners Business Recognition Award.
• Gwinnett County SchoolscoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2016Long-standing partnership since 2016 with Gwinnett County Schools for clothing recycling and fundraising program. The program was approved by the county to bring recycling and fundraising opportunities to schools.
• Partner SchoolscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNetwork of over 1,000 partnered K-12 schools that host textile recycling bins for fundraising. Schools receive $0.10/lb quarterly for all collected materials and benefit from environmental education programs.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• GreenDrop: GreenDrop partners with schools, religious organizations, and nonprofits to collect donated clothing via scheduled pickups and drop-off locations. It competes for the same school fundraising and textile collection channel that Charity Recycling Service addresses.
• USAgain: USAgain operates clothing and shoe recycling bins placed at schools, businesses, and public locations across the US, paying small sums to partner organizations. It directly competes with Charity Recycling Service for school bin placements and downstream textile resale customers.
• Planet Aid: Planet Aid runs a nationwide network of yellow donation bins collecting used clothing and shoes for resale to fund global development programs. It targets schools and community locations with a similar value proposition to Charity Recycling Service.

Emerging players

• Wear Donate Recycle (WDR): WDR supports community-based textile donation programs including school-based clothing drives. It overlaps with Charity Recycling Service's model of channeling school/community donations into resale and recycling streams.
• Donate Clothes USA: Donate Clothes USA coordinates local textile donation pickup and drop-off services, including school and community drop-offs. It is an emerging player operating in the same school/community textile donation channel as Charity Recycling Service.
• Renewlogy: Renewlogy operates chemical recycling technology for hard-to-recycle textiles. While technology-focused rather than school-bin-based, it competes for the same downstream supply of post-consumer textile waste that Charity Recycling Service funnels into the resale market.

Broad incumbents

• I:CO (I:COLLECT): I:CO provides textile collection and recycling infrastructure for retailers and brands, including store drop-off programs. It is comparable because it operates in the same closed-loop textile recovery and resale ecosystem as Charity Recycling Service.
• Goodwill Industries International: Goodwill operates donation bins and attended donation centers across the US as part of a much broader workforce development mission. While not specialized in school-based textile recycling, it competes for the same donated textile supply and downstream resale markets.
• Salvation Army: The Salvation Army operates a national donation bin and thrift store network, accepting clothing and household goods. It is a broad incumbent in the same textile donation and resale value chain, competing for donor textiles and downstream buyers.
• H&M Garment Collecting: H&M's in-store garment collection program collects used clothing from consumers worldwide for resale and recycling. It is a comparable closed-loop textile collection program operating at much larger retail scale.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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