Get used.

“The most responsible way for a consumer and a good citizen to buy clothes is to buy used.”
–Patagonia clothing company founder Yvon Chouinard

Teecycle believes that your T-shirt says a lot about you, whether you know it or not.

When you buy off a rack in a retail chain, it says you have limited imagination, support giant corporate profits and have thousands of replicas. Who wants that?

When you own a Teecycle shirt, it says you have a unique one-of-a-kind item of clothing. It also says you care about the environment by keeping a perfectly usable item out of the landfill.

Each Teecycle shirt is hand-selected from rummage sales, thrift stores or friend’s closets. Just not a rack in a nondescript department store.

Your purchase also supports the River Revitalization Foundation. $1 of each sale is donated to restore urban river trails and waterways in the Milwaukee area.

9 Comments Add your own

  • 1. sally  |  July 24, 2008 at 11:10 pm

    Can I donate some (not cruddy) tshirts? I’ll even pay the shipping!

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  • 2. jessica  |  July 30, 2008 at 11:53 am

    can i drop some t-shirts (in good condition) off somewhere for you to see if you want to “teecycle” them?

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  • 3. Greg  |  October 2, 2008 at 3:38 pm

    I like the smiley faces that you have in the upper right of the screen.

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  • 4. Robert Krueger  |  October 26, 2008 at 7:26 pm

    How can I get daily updates on teeshirts being offered?

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  • 5. Tim  |  October 26, 2008 at 7:36 pm

    Well, I’m glad you asked that, Rob. You can sign up for daily email updates that sends you the latest new (used) shirt. You can sign up here: http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/emailverifySubmit?feedId=1888804&loc=en_US

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  • 6. dave rice  |  October 31, 2008 at 2:28 am

    great Idea! great Site! So how long till there is a teecycle t-shirt! I want one!

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  • 7. JenniH  |  November 18, 2008 at 2:11 am

    I think it would be great to screen the tcycle logo on bottem edge or maybe at the nape of the neck of your stuff before you ship out! I am on the look out for “the one…” can’t wait.

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  • 8. JenniH  |  November 18, 2008 at 2:14 am

    Maybe you do tag your stuff already… like I said I haven’t found ‘the one’ to know!

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  • 9. nathan  |  February 4, 2009 at 8:24 pm

    i was wondering if i could donate some shirts… i have been collecting vintage clothing for about 3 years now.. i have since grown out of them. i have a stack of them in my closet waiting to be taken to goodwill but they have up’ed their prices so much, i dont even want to bother.. i would love to see someone get great use out of these like i did. let me know! thanks.

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