Our Environmental Impact
85% of unused textiles are dumped in U.S. landfills each year. Our mission is to divert as much as we can.
Our Approach to Circularity
We put 91% of the items we receive back into American closets. For charitable organizations, the national average is just 20%. Source
66% Listed on ThredUp
20% Reused with North American Thrift Stores
9% Recycled
Our vetted partner operates a fiber-to-fiber recycling ecosystem
5% Listed in a Rescue Box
We sell heavily discounted bundles of items that don't qualify to be listed on our marketplace.
*As of December 31, 2024
Our partner network
Our Impact Assessments
We are committed to rigorously assessing the environmental benefits of choosing secondhand by partnering with Green Story Inc. to calculate our impact.
76 Million
Total number of items we’ve given a second life
673 Million
Pounds of CO2e avoided, which equals 34K trips around the world!
25%
Average carbon emissions reduction when clothes are put back into rotation
