{{Short description|For-profit textile recycling company}} '''USAgain''' is a for-profit textile recycling company operating in the United States. USAgain operates green and white collection bins in partnership with businesses, schools, and places of local government (bins are placed at these locations). The company was founded in Seattle in 1999 and has since expanded to over 10,000 collection sites in 15 states. USAgain is now headquartered in West Chicago, IL.
In 2015, USAgain collected 50 million pounds of textiles for reuse and recycling.<ref name="usagain">{{cite web|title=USAgain.com|url=http://www.usagain.com/about-us|publisher=USAgain|accessdate=4 September 2013}}</ref> Clothing collected by USAgain is sent to graders and wholesalers, which then determine whether the clothing will be resold as secondhand clothing or recycled into new products<ref>https://abc7chicago.com/archive/8611447/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629233344/http://abc7chicago.com/archive/8611447/ |date=2017-06-29 }}.</ref> Like many other textile recycling organizations<ref>{{cite news|last=Northam|first=Jackie|title=The Global Afterlife Of Your Donated Clothes|url=https://www.npr.org/blogs/parallels/2013/05/21/185596830/the-global-afterlife-of-your-donated-clothes|publisher=NPR News|accessdate=4 September 2013}}</ref> In addition to collecting clothing via bins, USAgain has a partnership to collect shoes at 2013 Warrior Dash races in the contiguous U.S.<ref>{{cite news|title=Recycled Shoes Drive The Warrior Dash|url=http://lstribune.net/lees-summit-news/recycled-shoes-drive-the-warrior-dash.htm|publisher=Lee's Summit Tribune|accessdate=4 September 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Associated Press|title=Participants of national mud race in central Iowa can donate shoes for recycling|url=http://www.tribtown.com/view/story/38cf5be972e94895adca58c2d449465e/IA--Mud-Race-Recycling-Shoes|accessdate=4 September 2013|newspaper=Seymour Tribune|date=24 August 2013}}</ref> USAgain has also hosted events to support schools, notably the [http://www.usagain.com/prom-goes-green Prom Goes Green] dress giveaway event for high school students in Chicago.<ref>{{cite web|title=Midday Fix: UsAgain green prom fashions|date=27 March 2013|url=http://wgntv.com/2013/03/27/midday-fix-usagain-green-prom-fashions/|publisher=WGN Chicago|accessdate=4 September 2013}}</ref> The company has also supported schools through its Greenraiser program.<ref>{{cite web|title=School Fundraisers|url=http://www.usagain.com/schoolfundraisers|publisher=USAgain|accessdate=4 September 2013}}</ref>
==Offices== USAgain operates 8 division offices:<ref>{{cite web|title=My Local USAgain|url=http://www.usagain.com/my-local-USAgain|publisher=USAgain|accessdate=4 September 2013}}</ref> * Chicago (West Chicago, IL) * Denver * New York City (Mount Vernon, NY) * Wilkes-Barre, PA * St. Louis * San Francisco (Hayward, CA) * Seattle (Auburn, WA) * Los Angeles (Lake Forest, CA)
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==External links== *http://www.usagain.com/
Category:West Chicago, Illinois Category:Companies based in DuPage County, Illinois Category:American companies established in 1999 Category:Recycling in the United States Category:Tvind