Textile Recycling
Clothing and textiles are ~6.3% of the U.S. waste stream, so please help us divert textile items that are no longer usable back into the circular economy!
The University of Pittsburgh launched its textile recycling program in 2020 — and now collects unusable textiles in a number of locations around campus with 2 public drop-off sites (large labeled blue bins in the parking lots of the O’Hara Student Center & 7500 Thomas Blvd.).
Clothing and textiles are ~6.3% of the U.S. waste stream, representing a campus- and city-wide opportunity to keep textiles in the circular economy, while helping reach our goal of reducing landfill waste 25% from 2017 levels by 2030.
Please continue to donate all wearable clothing and accessories to the University of Thriftsburgh (on-campus thrift store in the O’Hara Student Center) or to your local reuse stores!
Accepted Items
- Clothing, including coats, shoes, & accessories.
- Hats, gloves, belts, shoes, jewelry, & other accessories.
- Linens, towels, bedding, & curtains
Not Accepted
- Mattress toppers
- Pillows
- Hazardous waste
- Single stream recyclables
All textiles are diverted back into the circular economy by our partners.
Campus textile recycling collection units are located across campus near existing battery and/or toner diversion locations:
- Alumni Hall – Main Lobby, Lytton St. Entrance
- Benedum Hall – Lobby
- Biomedical Science Tower – Lobby
- Bruce Hall – Lobby
- Cathedral of Learning – Ground Floor (Near Elevators)
- Chevron HallCraig Hall – Main Lobby
- Eureka Building – Main Lobby
- Forbes Hall – Second Floor Lounge
- Graduate School of Public Health – DeSoto Lobby
- Hillman Library – Ground Floor Lobby
- Irvis Hall – Ground Floor (Near Print Station)
- Litchfield Towers – Lobby near ATM
- Lothrop Hall – Main Floor (Near Mail Room)
- Mervis Hall – Ground Floor
- Nordenberg Hall – Main Floor (Near Mail Room)
- O’Hara Student Center – Hallway near Hydration Station & Men’s Rest Room + Large blue bin in parking lot (Public drop-off)
- Panther Hall – Ground Floor (Near Mail Room)
- Park Plaza – Main PAE Lobby (Behind Buzzer)
- Petersen Events Center – Mezzanine, 2nd Floor
- Public Safety Building – Forbes Avenue Lobby
- Posvar Hall – Main Lobby (Near Elevators)
- Ruskin Hall – Main Floor Lounge
- Salk Hall
- Scaife Hall – 4th Floor, Terrace St. Entrance
- Sutherland Hall – Main Floor (Near East Entrance by Panther Central Express)
- Thomas Blvd.— Large blue bin in parking lot past gates, behind building near picnic table and entrance (Public drop-off)
- William Pitt Union – Main Lobby