30+ years of keeping clothing out of landfills

Our impact

Less in landfills. More for your community.

Since 1993, American Recycling Technologies has kept more than 1.2 billion pounds of textiles out of local waste streams and given more than $25 million to community organizations.

Thinking globally

22.5 billion pounds, every year

That is how much clothing ends up in U.S. landfills each year, nearly 10% of the nation's solid waste. Reusing textiles does more for the climate than recycling glass, paper or plastic, and every item kept in use means fewer raw materials and less waste.

Acting locally

$1 million given, every year

ART gives $1,000,000 a year to volunteer EMS squads, law enforcement agencies, fire departments, religious organizations and school districts, providing funding and resources where budgets fall short.

1.2B+pounds of textiles recycled since 1993
60M+pounds diverted every year
$25M+paid to community organizations
$1Mgiven back every year
Three decades of growth

From 50,000 pounds to 60 million.

What started in Great Neck in 1993 is now one of the largest textile recyclers in the United States.

199350,000pounds
1994250,000pounds
19983 millionpounds
20005 millionpounds
200510 millionpounds
201030 millionpounds
Today60 million+pounds a year

Add your property to the count.

Host a bin and every pound collected on your site turns into funding. We install, service and insure it at no cost to you.

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