Spring Cleaning Guide
If you're like us, warmer weather means decluttering, cleaning, and organizing your home! We've put together a guide to help you find sustainable ways to donate some items that have been collecting dust.
Food & Beverage Items
We know how easy it is for those canned goods to stack up. Or how those ingredients to make pasta salad got pushed to the back of the refrigerator. Don’t let these food items go to waste. Asheville has wonderful programs to donate those items before they gather dust or mold.
Free Fridge AVL
Free Fridge AVL
Sign up to drop off your unwanted food items at Asheville’s Free Fridge located at 382 South French Broad. Drop off’s takes place twice or three times a week. You can sign up here.
If you don’t have any food items to donate but love what the Free Fridge is doing you can email them directly to either donate financially or get involved!
Clothes
Trends come and go but our closets stay the same size. The big-name donation stores are always a quick and easy way to free yourself of some of those old clothes but the truth is most of the time the clothes end up in the landfill. Here are a few local and sustainable ways to clean out your closet.
Revolve Mercantile
For both a local and sustainable option, schedule a time to consign with Revolve Mercantile in West Asheville! They accept any in-season clothing items that are clean and trendy.
Hours:
Monday 11:00am - 6:00pm
Tuesday 11:00am - 6:00pm
Wednesday 11:00am - 6:00pm
Thursday 11:00am - 6:00pm
Friday 11:00am - 6:00pm
Saturday 11:00am - 6:00pm
Sunday 11:00am - 6:00pm
For Days Take Back Bag
Recycle your old clothes with For Days. Their Take Back Bags are a sustainable and great way to avoid your clothes ending in the landfill.
How it works:
Buy a Take Back Bag Here for $20.
Fill up your bag with unwanted clothing items.
Scan the QR code on the bag and receive $20 Closet Cash redeemable on For Days clothing items
Ship your Take Back Bag back to For Days.
Marine Layer
Send your old T-Shirts to Marine Layer. Marine Layer’s Re-Spun program is a great sustainable way to downsize your t-shirt drawer. Request a Recycling Kit, send in your used Tees, and then receive store credit. Each Tee is then recycled into a new article of clothing.
Linens
Does anyone fear their linen closet or is it just me? The catch-all space for towels, bed sheets, and blankets can overfill so quickly. Don’t worry we’ve got you covered when it comes to donating your linens.
Asheville Buncombe Community Christian Ministry - Crisis Ministry
Did you know many big-named donation stores do not accept fitted bed sheets? Don’t fret ABCCM Crisis Ministry accepts all types of bed sheets.
Ministry locations:
Downtown - 24 Cumberland Ave. Asheville, NC 28801, Hours: Monday – Friday 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
South Asheville - 10 Buck Shoals Rd Arden, NC 28704, Hours: Monday – Friday 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Hominy Valley - 1914 Smokey Park Hwy Candler, NC 28715, Hours: Monday – Friday 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
North Samartain - 403 Weaverville Hwy Asheville, NC 28804, Hours: Monday – Friday 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Brother Wolf Animal Rescue
Your old towels will be happily accepted at Brother Wolf Animal Rescue. Support local furry friends and donate your old towels to keep them warm, dry, and clean. Drop off your towels at their adoption center during operating hours.
Hours:
Sunday & Monday: Closed
Tuesday- Saturday: 11 AM – 6 PM
Miscellaneous
Do you have some odd and ends items piling up in your garage or backyard? There are so many great ways to recycle your old or unwanted household items.
Asheville Green Works - Hard 2 Recycle
Attend a Hard 2 Recycle Event by Asheville Greenworks and bring all your miscellaneous items
Items Accepted:
Paper Products: books, cardboard, shredded paper
Electronics: small appliances, cords, batteries, scrap Metals, toner, and printer cartridges
Kitchen Items: food grade styrofoam, Brita brand water filters, and packaging, unopened, individual plastic cutlery packages,
Personal Care & Beauty Items
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