Where to Donate & Recycle Clothes in India
— 5 organisations in India listed as accepting donated clothes:
Where to donate and recycle old clothes in India
Find pick-up services, donation boxes and collection drives near you in India
Heads up: Each provider has different standards. Check Important Notes or contact them directly first. You'll save yourself and the planet a wasted trip.
Thrift and second-hand clothing stores (5)
Give away your old clothes and maybe, pick up some thrifted drips too
Curated Fashion Resale Platform
Thrift, Swap & Sell - Bombay Closet Cleanse Store
Online Thrift Marketplace
Upcycled Denim & Lifestyle Store
Luxury Thrift Store
Old clothes pickup in India (4)
Can't step out because of work or the infamous traffic jams? These services offer doorstep collection for old clothes
Doorstep Clothing Donation Pickup
Donate Items with Pickup or Courier
Doorstep Clothing Pickup with Rewards
Pan-India Doorstep Textile Pickup
Organise a clothes collection drive in India (1)
NGOs and organisations that can help you set up a collection drive on-site.
In one of these cities?
Your city page is more relevant, with local drop-off points, NGOs and collection drives near you.
Your Guide
Everything you need to donate well. The hows, the whys, and what happens next.
How to donate or recycle like a pro
Get your donation ready in a few simple steps
- 🧼 Wash & fold neatly. Hygiene = dignity. Wet or soiled clothes often go straight to waste.
- 👕 Separate usable vs. worn-out. Usable goes for donation; worn-out goes for recycling.
- 🩲 Undergarments & socks. Check the listing details. Some textile recyclers collect washed ones.
- 📦 Label your bags: 'Men's wear', 'Kids', 'Recycling'. It helps volunteers sort faster.
What else can you donate?
Not just clothes. These items can have a better future too:
- 👞 Shoes and other footwear
- 🧢 Accessories like caps and belts
- 🧸 Toys
- 🛏️ Home textiles like bedsheets and curtains
Check individual listings or contact the organisation to confirm what they collect.
What happens after you donate
- ✨ Good condition → reach NGOs, shelters, and thrift stores.
- 🧵 Damaged ones → become rags, mats, or upcycled fabric.
- ♻️ Very worn-out ones → go to textile recyclers, who turn them into yarn or insulation.
Why donate old clothes?
Every outfit tells a story. Do not let yours end in a landfill.
Every second, a truckload of clothes is dumped in a landfill or burned somewhere in the world. And despite what the labels say, only 1% of textile waste ever gets recycled back into new clothing.
India generates millions of kilograms of textile waste every year, and most of it can still be reused or recycled. The hard part has always been knowing who will actually take it, especially outside the big metros.
These nationwide services solve that. They collect clothes from your doorstep or by courier, then redistribute the wearable items and recycle the rest. Wherever you live, you can keep fabric in use instead of in a landfill.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about donating clothes in this city
Can I donate old clothes from anywhere in India?
Yes. The services on this page operate nationwide. Respun and Tooused arrange doorstep pickup, and Clothes Box Foundation collects by courier, so you can donate from most pin codes across India rather than needing a local drop-off point.
How does doorstep pickup or mail-in donation work?
You schedule a pickup or pack your clothes into a carton and hand them over. The service collects them, sorts them, passes wearable items to people in need or resale partners, and sends worn-out fabric to recyclers. Each listing above shows how to book and any fee.
My city is not on EcoFlyp. Can I still donate?
Yes, and this is exactly who these nationwide services are for. Even if we do not list local drop-off points in your city yet, a doorstep pickup or courier service will still come to you. We are adding new cities over time, so it is worth checking back for local options too.
Is there a local drop-off point near me instead?
If you are in a metro we already cover, a local drop-off is often the simplest route. Use the city links on this page to jump to Bengaluru, Mumbai, Pune, or Delhi NCR for hand-picked drop-off centres and local NGOs. Everywhere else, the nationwide pickups above are your best bet.
Where do my donated clothes go?
It depends on the service and the condition of the clothes. Wearable items are redistributed to people in need, NGOs, or resale partners. Worn-out fabric is sent to textile recyclers and turned into yarn or industrial material. The aim is that nothing usable is wasted.
Do I have to pay for a nationwide pickup?
Some nationwide services charge a small logistics fee that covers transport and sorting, while the donation or recycling itself is free. The fee, if any, is shown on each listing above.
What if my clothes are torn or worn out?
They can still be recycled. Respun accepts textiles in any condition, including torn, stained, or scrap fabric, and recycles them mechanically into fresh yarn rather than sending them to a landfill.
How is old clothing recycled in India?
Clothes that are too worn to reuse are mechanically shredded and spun into fresh yarn, or processed into industrial material such as insulation and wiping cloths. Respun, listed above, sends collected textiles to its Panipat facility for exactly this, so fabric stays in use even when it can no longer be worn.
How does textile waste hurt the environment?
Clothes dumped in landfills release methane as they break down, a greenhouse gas more potent than CO2. Synthetic fabrics like polyester take hundreds of years to decompose and leach dyes into the soil. Donating or recycling even one bag of clothes keeps real kilograms of fabric and carbon out of the waste stream.
Organisations on this page (5)
Organisations offering these services in India.
Circular fashion initiative in Bengaluru helping individuals and organizations recycle, redistribute, and reuse unwanted textiles.
Doorstep pickup service that connects households to NGOs for donating used items across major Indian cities.
India's pioneer textile recycling service transforming fashion waste into high-quality recycled yarn and home furnishings.
An award-winning NGO diverting fabric from landfills to empower communities through clean clothing.
A circular fashion platform dedicated to giving clothing a second life through responsible recycling and rewards.
These options are curated by EcoFlyp to help you find what you’re looking for. Always confirm details directly with the provider before committing.