Spring clean your wardrobe
It is National Op Shop Week from 24 to 31 August, where Australians are invited to celebrate the vital role of their charity op shops. The week is a reminder to spring clean their wardrobes and donate clothing in good condition but no-longer needed to their local charity op shops.
A joint initiative of Do Something Near You! and the National Association of Charitable Recycling Organisations (NACRO), the week seeks to boost the stocks and sales of quality clothing and thus help the charities raise more funds for their work in the community.
Charity op shops annually divert some two billion items (over 300,000 tonnes) of clothing from landfill each year through their clothing donation bins and in-store donations. Some 75 per cent is recirculated through charity op shops, donated to those in need, reprocessed into functional textiles or sent to third world countries to provide clothing to many of the poorest people in the world.
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