On World Charity Day we encourage you to take a look at this article to discover the places where you can donate the clothes you no longer use.

Where to donate clothes in Madrid

If you have decided to donate your clothes but you are lost as to where to take them, here is a short list of places where you can make your donation in Madrid.

Textile chains with clothing donation programs

C&A

The textile firm encourages anyone who wants to donate the garments that are unused in their wardrobe to participate in its recycling program «We recycle your clothes» through its website. As an incentive, for each bag of clothes and shoes donated you get a 10% discount coupon at the store.

The brand accepts any type of garment even those that are broken, with holes and permanent stains. The idea is to recycle those garments that cannot be reused giving them a new life in a number of ways: rags, furniture, in the automotive sector, in parks... and reuse any textiles that are in good condition and can be reused.

El Corte Inglés

The large multinational is another company that has joined in recent years this type of initiative by installing containers in 49 centers "El Corte Inglés" and "Outlet El Corte Inglés". The containers are located in the Moda Juventud plants and in the parking areas.

H&M

H&M offers in all its stores in the capital the possibility of leaving all the clothes you want in the collection containers enabled for this. This action is also carried out in the establishments of the group’s business partners: & Other Stories, Weekday and Monki.

Some of the locations where you can find H&M shops in Madrid are Velázquez Street, Gran Vía, Orense Street and Paseo de la Castellana, among many others.

Inditex

The Spanish textile chain has, through its clothing donation program, more than 2000 containers distributed among its network of stores.

In the establishments of Zara, Oysho and Zara Home buyers have at their disposal specific containers to deposit the parts they wish to donate. Later it is the company that takes charge of delivering the clothes in good condition to the non-profit organizations with which it collaborates. The rest of the items are for recycling.

Among the addresses in which you can find establishments of the firm are: Serrano street, Gran Vía, Paseo de la Castellana, Conde Peñalver street and Preciados. In addition, you have the option to request the collection of the clothes that you want to donate when you make a home order and bring it home.

Humana 

Humana is an NGO that carries out humanitarian projects in places around the world, such as the sub-Saharan part of Africa, Asia or South America. In Madrid there are several second-hand clothing stores in which clothing collects to later sell to other establishments scattered around Spain. The profits from these sales are intended for humanitarian initiatives named in the above lines.

Some of its shops are in: Avenida de la Albufera, Ronda de Atocha, Calle Alcalá, Paseo de las Delicias and Luchana. Enter here your postcode or town and see the Humana stores in Madrid where you can donate your clothes.

Other places where you can donate clothes

Alcampo supermarket

The supermarket network "Alcampo" has containers for collecting clothes in the car parks of more than thirty hypermarkets in the capital. These garments are intended for reuse, recycling and donation circuits of Moda re-.

nolotiro.org

This website was created to give the opportunity to give away everything that its users no longer use to other people who can reuse it. It is as easy as registering, placing an ad of those clothes or objects that you want to give away and waiting for someone interested to contact you for collection.

Authorized clothing containers from the Madrid City Council

The Madrid City Council has increased in recent years the number of containers for the collection of used clothing in order to use them for reuse and textile recycling. These vessels are located in the public roads of the districts of Retiro, Salamanca, Chamartín, Moratalaz, Ciudad Lineal, Hortaleza, Vicálvaro, San Blas-Canillejas, Barajas, Arganzuela, Carabanchel, Puente de Vallecas, Villa de Vallecas, Usera and Villaverde.

A second installation is planned for the end of 2022, which will provide new containers to the rest of the districts to reach 1,300 containers.

It is estimated that approximately 15% of the collected material is destined for reuse, 50% for the recycling of textile material, and the rest are useless garments to move to better life.

Please, once you decide who to donate your items to, contact the customer service of the relevant company to ensure that the initiative continues.