Planet Aid
Planet Aid is a nonprofit organization that raises funds through textile recycling. Clothes, shoes and other items are sold for reuse to raise money for charitable projects overseas.
Charitable works include:
- Emergency relief - serving victims of hunger, war, natural disasters and other catastrophes.
- Relocating people or rebuilding areas hit by disasters.
- Undertaking development projects such as schools, clinics, mini-banking, and small scale industry among others.
Planet Aid’s efforts help the environment too. In 2006, the latest year available, 72 million pounds of clothes were rescued and CO² emissions from textile factories were reduced the equivalent of keeping over 16,000 cars off the roads for a year! Also in 2006, by not having to grow cotton to manufacture clothes, Planet Aid saved 74 billion gallons of water. Planet Aid has created more than 19,000 jobs, and saved American taxpayers $2.4 million in solid waste disposal as well.
To learn more, please visit our website at www.planetaid.org.
