Our Mission &

Impact

The helpsy team here to help you with whatever you may need.

“THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS AWAY.
WHEN WE THROW ANYTHING AWAY IT MUST GO SOMEWHERE."

— ANNIE LEONARD, CREATOR OF 'THE STORY OF STUFF'

Hi! We’re Helpsy.

As a certified B Corp and Public Benefit Corporation, Helpsy's mission is to keep clothing out of the trash, provide honorable work, and earn growing profits.

Helpsy collects, sorts, and trades secondhand clothes and shoes. In 2024 alone, our team collected over 32 million pounds of clothes, shoes, and other items.

The impact of our efforts speaks volumes:

  • Counting only the clothes our customers sell at retail, we saved over 4 billion gallons of water and over 600 million pounds of CO2 emissions from new clothing creation.

  • Paid more than $500,000 to charities and municipalities for bin placements, clothing drives, purchased materials, and as donations.

  • Saved municipalities more than $1.6 million in waste disposal tipping fees.

Sorters condition checking our clothing for resale
In house tech to help condition check and record fabric content

What Happens to the Clothes We Collect?

Helpsy’s mission is to keep clothing out of the trash. 95% of what we collect can be reused or recycled. Clothing is sold primarily for reuse where higher grades are resold to thrift stores in North America and other secondhand markets around the world. The lower grades can be turned into rags for industrial use or stuffing and insulation. Clothing reuse is a big deal and reduces the enormous environmental burden of the fashion industry.

Helpsy's bailed clothing ready for credential customers.

    • Kept over 32 million pounds of clothes, shoes and other items from the waste stream.

    • Counting only the clothes our customers sell at retail, we saved over 4 billion gallons of water and over 600 million pounds of CO2 emissions from new clothing creation.

    • The only Certified B Corp and Public Benefit Corporation in clothing collection.

    • Expanded our waste diversion to recycle plastic film and e-waste.

    • Paid more than $500,000 to charities and municipalities for bin placements, clothing drives, purchased materials, and as donations.

    • Used our collection, sorting and logistics operations to donate over 5,000 coats to local organizations this winter.

    • Expanded our municipal partnerships to be the official textile recycling partner of over 60 municipalities.

    • Hosted 354 community clothing drives.

    • Hosted warehouse tours for over 200 guests and engaged more than 100 students in collaborative projects — all to raise awareness about the importance of textile reuse.

    • Safely performed over 13,000 touchless curbside home pickups.

    • We provide reuse inventory solutions to over 200 brick and mortar thrift stores.

    • Helped municipalities reach diversion goals and provided tonnage reports, detailing the weights we collect.

    • Everyone at Helpsy earns living wages and is a shareholder in the company.

    • We pride ourselves on paying the best wages in the industry and that nearly 70% of our workforce is diverse.

    • Spent over $8 million with local vendors, including bin hosts and thrift stores. 

    • Saved municipalities more than $1.6 million in waste disposal tipping fees.

    • Helpsy operations support thousands of full-time jobs at Helpsy and our customers.

Let’s work together.

Did you know that the EPA estimates that the average US resident discards over 100 pounds of clothing per year and 85% of it ends up in landfills? At Helpsy, our mission is to keep clothes out of the trash and we want to work with you to further our impact.