Clothing & Other

What We Do

The Solid Waste Agency and Thrift World have partnered to accept clothing and shoes at 1954 County Home Road, Marion inside the Resource Recovery building.
Solid Waste Agency staff are not authorized to unload any materials from customer vehicles or trailers. Customers are responsible for unloading items from their vehicles or trailers.

Textile donations made at the Agency are purchased by Thrift World for reuse in their stores. This partnership helps keep textiles out of the landfill.

What's Accepted

Clothing and shoes are accepted for drop-off as long as they are clean and dry regardless of condition. All donated materials are taken to Thrift World for processing and sorting. Thrift world sells items in their stores. Thrift World recycles or exports un-sold items to developing countries. Find out more about Thrift World here.

Other Options

There are lots of options when it comes to recycling unwanted clothing, shoes and other textiles. You can donate them to a charitable organization, sell them to a resale shop, or sell them online. BinxBerry, a local business offering clutter reduction and space-saving services, provides a list of local organizations that accept clothing donations. That list can be found by CLICKING HERE. 

Goodwill of the Heartland, Salvation Army, Central Furniture Rescue (which accepts furniture, kitchenware and household goods), and Cedar Valley Habitat for Humanity Restore all have local locations accepting donations. There are also several consignment shops in Linn County that can be found with a quick internet search.

Regardless of where you donate or sell, reusing textiles is a much better option than throwing them away!

Books

Books can be dropped off for no charge inside the Resource Recovery building. This includes all books, hardcover and softcover.

Mattresses

Mattresses are accepted for $20.00/per mattress at 1954 County Home Road, Marion and are landfilled.

Loads with 8 or more mattresses are only accepted before 2:00pm Monday - Friday.

A better option for mattress disposal is using Willis Dady, where mattresses are recycled. Willis Dady mattress recycling details:

• Accepted for $10.00 per mattress (from Linn County residents and businesses) at Willis Dady, 800 1st Ave NW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52405
• Only accepted from 9:00am - 2:00pm, Monday - Friday 
• Loads with 5 or more mattresses need to call ahead to schedule; call 319-362-7555
• Mattresses only; NO box springs

Using Willis Dady will not only save money, it will also help preserve landfill space and creates jobs at Wills Dady for the staff who recycle the mattresses.

Have a mattress and box springs that are still in good shape and free of rips, stains, strong odors and/or pet hair? It can be donated to Central Furniture Rescue. Get the details about donating to Central Furniture Rescue here.