Your old socks may get new life as a new pair! Goodwill has thousands of locations across the United States, many of which accept all sorts of different textiles , including gently worn socks, to be reused or recycled based on their condition.
Here are some creative ideas for what to do with old socks : Get crafty by turning old socks into can koozies, sock puppets or coffee sleeves to keep your hands comfortable. You already know the moisture-wicking material is effective. Turn your old socks into exercising accessories like sweatbands or leg warmers. Reuse socks by making them into rags for cleaning, a heating pad for soothing tired muscles just fill with rice and microwave!
Read on for 10 ways you can use your mismatched socks. If one of your socks recently became single, you may want to give it a few weeks before condemning it to singlehood forever. Socks often turn up later, whether one is stuck between the hamper and the closet wall or another found its way into your roomie's drawer.
Need a cute way to hold onto recently mismatched socks? Pick up or DIY a small bulletin board, hang it in your laundry room or closet, and use thumb tacks or clothespins glued to the board to display socks that lost their matches.
Have a little fun with the project by decorating the board with paint or decals first. Then, if a sock's match does turn up, you'll be able to reunite the pair! Smaller and thinner mismatched socks work really well as drawer fresheners.
All you have to do is stuff one with potpourri up to the ankle, tie the top closed with a piece of string, and stick it in whichever drawer needs some freshening up. This works especially well for covering the smell of mothballs, so if you use the bug repellants in linen drawers or clothes storage bins, add a sock as well. Any old piece of clothing can be recycled as wash rags or dust cloths, including old socks. Keep the sock intact and wear it like a mitten over your hand to dust all of the surfaces in your house.
Or, cut it down the middle to make a larger piece of fabric you can use to wash windows or a bathroom sink. Did you know it costs three times as much to put textiles in a landfill than to recycle it?
There are better ways to deal with old socks instead of throwing them in a landfill. When we think of recycling, the first items that come to mind are newspapers, cans, and bottles. Did you know that old textiles including socks are recyclable? Many organizations accept gently used socks in good condition.
But can you donate holey socks? Yes, gather those holey, mismatched socks and donate those too. Organizations like Value Village pay other charities for all textiles that are brought in, regardless if they are worn or damaged.
These articles of clothing are often repurposed into other uses including insulation for your home or car , matting, or flooring underlay. The rest is packaged and sold overseas to countries such as Ghana, Bolivia, and India.
From there, local entrepreneurs buy and resell clothing as a source of income. Looking to donate your old socks? In the U. If you have a backyard compost , and your socks are made of percent natural material such as wool socks , you can compost them! Just be sure to remove any non-compostable materials such as buttons or zippers. Shred them into small pieces and add to your compost pile. Other natural materials include:.
Convert an old sock into a dusting mitt. Slip the sock over your hand, mist lightly with water, and dust away! This is a great way to get little ones to help dust around the house. Keep your old socks in the laundry room in a bag, and use as needed. When we speak to people, we tell them how we got started and what they can do to help. Just think—if everyone donated just one pair of socks, together we can warm billions of feet around the world.
One sock at a time.
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