Can you put all wearable clothes in second hand collections?

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What do you do with DC's old clothes?
Jeans with a ripped knee
Underwear the Dc have grown out of
Old socks
T-shirt's with a small (less than 0.5cm) stain on.

My DC always wear their t-shirts with stains, jeans with holes in until they grow out of them. They're perfectly useable but can't imagine anyone would want to buy new.

Put them in a bag saying rags. The charity shops weigh it in ( they do round here)
Socks and underwear I would put in the bin. Would you wear someone else's used knickers?

Underwear in good condition I tend to donate (directly as in clothing bank etc). Poor condition I chuck/recycle.

Items which have small holes or stains if they are really nice do sell on second hand sites, so I wouldn't have a problem donating to charity shop. If they aren't anything special, the stain looks bad or the hole is large enough to require repair, I'd either cut them off into shorts before passing on or if you can be arsed, try an iron on patch. Otherwise recycle because you don't want them circling round and round in an endless loop of donation boxes taking up space!

Or sell/pass on as a whole bundle including the wearable but not perfect items plus better condition stuff, on FB/free cycle etc. Then the new owners can decide whether to repair, use as is or chuck.

I don't personally think these meet the definition of 'wearable', in that they are unlikely to be worn by anyone who wasn't the original owner.

They should go in the fabric recycling.

Everything can be recycled, even worn-out underwear (as long as it's washed, obviously). Most charity shops want rags for resale to rag merchants. Or just stick everything in one of those textile banks that you find at recycling centres.

I wouldn't no, drink but my DC have had underwear passed down. Difference I suppose is it was from people we know. I've never been in the position where I couldn't afford to buy the basics though. Obviously if it was poor condition, I would chuck it. But this is wearable, unstained grown out of rather than worn out.

If you're cutting off into shorts, do you literally just cut across above the knee? Or do you need to hem it somehow?

I donate underwear to the Infant & Junior school (& nursery if applicable). They are always grateful for spares!

Watching with interest, currently have a whole PILE of clothes that have rips, stains or odd socks - im absolutely loathe to throw them in the normal bin and i know how bad textile waste is!
Please tell me what to do with all these holey, threadbare clothes taking up valuable space in my house!

....by recycling boxes do you mean the clothes boxes you see on pub/tescos etc car parks?

Im desperate for a solution that isn't just throw in household waste.

I put ripped or stained things into rag recycling.

You could offer them on something like freecycle with an honest description. Someone might be in need of them.

I sometimes use Old t shirts as cleaning cloths.

Our local recycling centre has a textiles recycling facility. Could u look into whether there is anything similar near you? That's what we do with stuff that's no good for the charity shop.

Socks and pants go to school (KS1 years anyway)
Uniform goes in school/council uniform recycling-redistribution bin
Anything stained/torn goes to charity as “rags”.

I only donate clothes without holes and stains. Old cotton t-shirts and odd socks are washed and then used as cleaning cloths. Some of them I use for a while with regular washing in between. T-shirt makes great towel around kitchen. Socks are particularly good for cleaning shoes/boots. DH also often use them for minor cleaning car jobs.

You can weigh in clothes for recycling and get paid by weight.

You can either do this yourself (your kids might like to do it for pocket money) you don't get much but it means the stuff is being recycled properly. Alternatively lots of Charities do this for extra funds with anything not suitable to sell or use, so take it to them.

Bag up and take to H&M , YOU get a £5 discount voucher to spend on line or in store when you spend £30 ( I think).
It doent matter what state the clothing / matrial is in as long as it's dry .
Clothes , towels , curtains , odds socks, worn out undies , bras with poking out wires .

I just cut, I don't hem, it will fray though.

I wash and bag separately and take to the local hospice shop with a tag saying rags. They’re always delighted that I’ve sorted them. Too small underwear to my DNeice and once DSs are in boxers it’ll go to the Infant school as they’re forever after spares.

All my unwearable stuff goes in a bag marked 'rags'.