Take a load off at the Transfer Station!

Now accepting clothing and other textiles!

  The Town of Branford is pleased to announce that clean, dry clothing and other textiles including bedding, towels, and draperies are now being accepted at the Branford Transfer Station during regular business hours.  The items are being collected for re-use and recycling in bins placed at the Transfer Station by not-for-profit organizations Childhood Dreams (www.childhooddreamsfdn.org) and Easter Seals/Goodwill  www.newhavengoodwill.easterseals.com .  It does not matter if the items are ripped, stained, missing buttons or zippers, or cannot otherwise be re-used as clothing as long as they are clean and dry. Overly worn, ripped, or stained cloth items are recycled to become polishing cloths, or shredded to make car insulation, seat stuffing, even high-quality paper! If textiles are wet or mildewed, however, they cannot be re-used or recycled so wash those first, or throw them away.

 By donating textiles to these organizations, Branford residents also help themselves by saving tax dollars.   About 4% of municipal solid waste is textiles, so removing these items from the waste stream saves taxpayers money on tip fees for trash.  To learn more about textile recycling visit http://www.epa.gov/msw/textile.htm.  For a bit of history on textile recycling, see http://www.dezignare.com/newsletter/recyclingtextiles.html