General Notes

• Zero Waste California notes that donating poor-quality, damaged, or stained goods can be harmful—rather than helpful. Many donations end up overseas, where markets can become flooded with secondhand items. It’s better to upcycle the poor-quality goods you have.
  • Please do not donate unusable clothing. Textiles with holes, rips, etc. will likely not be used; donating such articles of clothing can place a burden on those downstream to sort through and discard them.
• Zero Waste California also offers instructions about how to donate or upcycle what are traditionally hard-to-donate items, like shoes and pantyhose.

Places to Donate Clothing

• Clothes Closet by Community Action Center of Northfield: 600 Water Street South Northfield, MN 55057

Places to Donate Household Goods

• Used-A-Bit Shoppe: 624 Water Street South Northfield, MN 55057

Places that Accept a Wide Variety of Goods

• Goodwill Faribault: 2100 Grant Street Northwest Faribault, MN 55021
• Goodwill Lakeville: 17625 Kenrick Avenue Lakeville, MN 55044
• Goodwill Apple Valley: 7320 153rd Street West, Apple Valley, MN 55124