OUR USED CLOTHING DONATION PROGRAM

As part of our social and environmental commitments, we want to help you lengthen the life of your garments. As such, we have developed a used clothing donation program

In collaboration with local non-profit organizations, we collect garments that are not being used any more and give them a second life.

How can you make your donation?

We have clothing collection containers in our stores where you can leave the package with the garments you want to donate. You can find stores that feature this service in our Store Locator. Remember that your donation should be in a well sealed package.

For more information, visit our Clothing Donation section.

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes. The collected clothing is sorted prior to being reused or recycled. Items of clothing that are 100% cotton, wool, or polyester can be recycled into new fabric. The remaining garments will be converted into construction or automotive materials. Items that cannot be reused or recycled because of health or safety reasons or due to the quality of their materials are subjected to a rigorous waste management process.

At Zara, we handle the collection and transport of clothing to the sorting centers of the organizations we collaborate with where they are sorted to allocate each item to the most suitable purpose. Depending on the capacity of each organization, the items may be:

— Donated to people in need.

—Sold through the charity channels of the non-profit organizations in order to finance their social projects.

—Reused and transformed into other textile products such as cloths or rags.

—Recycled into new materials and fibers destined for the construction and automotive sectors (filling for seats, cushions, etc).

Items of clothing that cannot be reused or recycled because of health and safety reasons or due to the quality of their materials are subjected to a strict waste management process.

The ultimate aim of all these processes is to provide direct social aid or to finance the social projects of the non-profit organizations we collaborate with. What's more, in some cases such as that of Spain, it promotes the creation of jobs for people in situations of risk or at risk of social exclusion.

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OUR USED CLOTHING DONATION PROGRAM

Frequently Asked Questions

OUR USED CLOTHING DONATION PROGRAM

Frequently Asked Questions

DO THE GARMENTS NEED TO BE FROM ZARA?

CAN OTHER ITEMS LIKE FOOTWEAR OR ACCESSORIES BE DELIVERED?

CAN I DEPOSIT GARMENTS THAT ARE NOT IN GOOD CONDITION?

WHAT HAPPENS WITH THE GARMENTS ONCE I DELIVER THEM?

HOW IS THE DESTINATION OF DONATED CLOTHING CONTROLLED?

HOW ARE THE NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS WITH WHICH WE COLLABORATE CHOSEN?

WHAT IS ZARA’S ROLE?

DOES ZARA RECEIVE ANY ECONOMIC BENEFIT FROM THIS INITIATIVE?