OUR USED CLOTHING DONATION PROGRAMME

As part of our social and environmental commitment, we want to help you extend the useful life of your garments. To do so, we have created a used clothing donation programme

In collaboration with local non-profit organisations, we recover garments that are no longer used and give them a second life.

How can you make your donation?

We have clothes collection containers in our stores where you can deposit the package with the clothes you wish to donate. You can check the stores that offer this service in our Store Finder. Remember that your donation must be placed inside a properly sealed package.

For more information, please visit our Clothing donation section.

Frequently asked questions

Yes. The garments collected will be sorted before being reused or recycled. All garments which are 100% cotton, wool or polyester can be recycled into new fabrics. The rest of the clothing will be turned into materials for the construction and automotive sectors. Garments that cannot be reused or recycled for reasons of hygiene, health and safety, or quality of the materials undergo a rigorous waste management procedure.

Zara will be in charge of collecting and delivering the garments to the sorting centres run by the organisations we work with, where they are classified to ensure that each item gets sent to the best possible destination. Depending on the capacities of each organisation, the garments may be:

_ Donated to those in need.

_ Marketed through the charitable channels used by the non-profit organisations to finance their social projects.

_ Reused and transformed into other textile products such as cloths.

_ Recycled into new fibres and materials for the construction and automotive sectors (seat filling, cushions, etc.).

Garments that cannot be reused or recycled for reasons of hygiene, health and safety, or quality of the materials undergo a rigorous waste management procedure.

The aim of all these processes is to provide direct social support or to finance social projects that are developed or run by the non-profit organisations we work with. Furthermore, in certain cases, such as Spain, the initiative boosts the creation of jobs for people at risk of experiencing social exclusion.

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OUR USED CLOTHING DONATION PROGRAMME

Frequently asked questions

OUR USED CLOTHING DONATION PROGRAMME

Frequently asked questions

DO THE GARMENTS HAVE TO BE FROM ZARA?

CAN I DONATE OTHER PRODUCTS LIKE FOOTWEAR OR ACCESSORIES?

CAN I DONATE GARMENTS THAT ARE NOT IN GOOD CONDITION?

WHAT HAPPENS TO THE GARMENTS ONCE I HAVE DONATED THEM?

WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR CONTROLLING WHERE THE DONATED GARMENTS END UP?

HOW DO WE CHOOSE THE NON-PROFIT ORGANISATIONS WE COLLABORATE WITH?

WHAT IS ZARA’S ROLE?

DOES ZARA RECEIVE ANY ECONOMIC BENEFITS FROM THIS INITIATIVE?