
Written by Susan Weeks and Amy Dunkin
What do you do with your family’s stained t-shirts, torn bed sheets, worn towels, socks with holes, and that collection of stuffed animals that has seen better days? Short of ripping up old textiles for rags that wind up clogging your closets, most people just toss them in the trash.
Now there’s another solution. Pelhamites can bring their unwanted textiles to a new recycling bin in the parking lot of the Community Church of the Pelhams on the corner of Washington and Highbrook Avenues next to the train tracks. Anything made of fiber can go into the pile. Even old leather shoes and handbags, soccer balls, toys, and baseball helmets are welcome.
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