5 places you can recycle your unwanted clothes and get something back yourself.

Don’t bin your unwanted clothes, donate them
and get something in return [Photo: Pexels]

Summer is finally here and for lots of us that means updating our summer wardrobe. 

But before you simply bin the clothes you’re bored of, consider your options.

The amount of clothing that’s chucked away is astounding: Britain sent over 235 million items of clothing to landfill this spring alone.

How we shop and dispose of our unwanted clothes is a huge, epidemic problem that is negatively impacted the environment all over the world – but it’s especially bad in Britain.

So, what can we do to make a difference?

We’ve rounded up five, well-known high street brands that are trying to tackle the problem by giving something back, helping you in the process:

By Ella Baldwin.

Full story at Yahoo News.