Since 1902, Goodwill has been recycling and reusing donated items. Items that don't pass our quality standards, and items that are returned un-sold from our stores are combined and sold by the pound to other users. In 2007 we recycled

 

                  757,054 lbs. of textiles,

                    83,864 lbs. of shoes,

                  125,635 lbs. of electronics, 

                    98,811 lbs. of shoes

                    19.842 lbs. textiles to wiper rags

 

That totals almost 1.1 million pounds of items recycled, reused and kept out of our communties' land fills. 

Goodwill has two electronic recycling collection centers

158 Tyler St., Pittsfield MA and

160 Howland Ave., Adams MA.

We palletize and transfer your  computer monitors and televisions to a recycler that has been qualified by the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. You can be sure that your recyclable electronic items are legitimately broken down with removal of hazardous materials.