Textile Recycling for Wayland PTO

The Wayland PTO Green Team has partnered with Bay State Textiles to promote textile recycling and generate revenue for the PTO by hosting donation boxes at every school and at the Wayland Transfer Station.

Did you know that every year in Massachusetts, over 520 MILLION pounds of textiles are disposed of at incinerators or landfills, of which 95% can be reused or recycled? Turn your unwanted clothing, shoes and linens into revenue for the Wayland PTO. Bay State Textiles pays a rebate to the PTO of $100 per ton for the unwanted textiles. The focus of the textile recycling program is to spread awareness to the problem of unwanted textiles, educate on acceptable items for textile recycling while keeping the revenue generated in the Wayland school community.

Donated items are accepted in any condition as long as they are clean and dry. Bay State Textiles takes “the good, the bad and the ugly.“ Visit baystatetextiles.com for a list of acceptable items including clothing, backpacks, shoes, pocketbooks, linens and stuffed animals. A good rule of thumb: if you can wear it, it’s acceptable. Keeping these items out of the trash will also help to reduce the trash tipping fees in Wayland. Statistics say the average American discards 70 pounds of textiles a year. In Wayland that equates to 455 tons. When cleaning out your closets, redecorating or getting rid of the childhood stuffed animals, support the Wayland PTO!!