Planet Aid collects used clothing from donation bins throughout New England. Over 400,000 pounds of clothing is delivered to their warehouse each week, where it is sorted, baled, and shipped. In 2004, they collected over 20 million pounds of clothing, and support development programs in Africa and HIV/AIDS programs in developing countries by contributing $2 million in proceeds from the clothing sales. Their goal is to double clothing collection volumes to 40 million pounds in 2005.

1. PLANET AID, INC.
Recycling
Clothes for
Development
2005

2. COLLECTING
All 1,330 collection boxes
are emptied by 13 drivers,
who pick up the clothes
from the bins 1 to 15 times
a week; the busier a box is
the more often it is being
emptied. They take care of
the weekly maintenance of
the bins and alert the office
if when bins need to be
replaced.

3. BAILING.
400,000
pounds of
clothing is
delivered to the
warehouse in
Holliston each
week.
Here it is being
loaded onto the
conveyor belt…

4. BALE FINISHES.
… and compacted
to 1,000 pound
bales. The final
touches of the
bale making it
ready for
transportation to
our customer.

5. LOADING 2
Three 18 wheelers
waiting to be
loaded to our
customers in
Canada and
Guatemala.

6. LOADING
The bales are
loaded.
10 loaded trailers
have left Planet
Aid’s warehouse
in Holliston every
week in 2004.

7. 20,200,000 lbs…
…from New
England in 2004.
In 2005 we plan
to double the
volume of our
poundage to
40,000,000
pounds.

8. CUSTOMERS
27% of the clothes
were exported in 2004.
Our clothing provide
business for more than
a 1,000 small thrift
stores in Guatemala.
Approximately 8,000
people sustain
themselves this way.

9. CUSTOMERS
In Nova Scotia and
New Brunswick,
Canada we provide
clothing for 17 large
thrift stores.
200 people have
employment and
income here and the
predominantly blue-
collar population
have access to
inexpensive clothing.

10. RESULTS THAT
COUNT
$2 million
contributed to
Development
Aid in 2004

11. Planet Aid supports
programs in Africa
such as Child Aid
which is devoted to
creating a
supportive
environment for the
wellbeing and
development of
children.
DEVELOPMENT
AID

12. HOPE Humana is a
program which helps
people infected and
affected by HIV/AIDS.
The thought behind
HOPE is that all ideas
and methods are needed
in the fight against AIDS
and in handling the
consequences of the
AIDS epidemic.
HIV/AIDS

13. SITE FINDERS.
We have site
finders who are
out everyday
finding new site
hosts and
servicing our
boxes.

14. SITE FINDING
Our crew of site finders
are providing customer
support and are an
important link between
the warehouse, the
businesses which host
our boxes and the
general public.

15. MAINTENANCE
Each site is
covered by a driver
who is picks up
from the bins at
least once a week,
or more often if
needed. He takes
care of the weekly
maintenance of the
bin and alerts
Planet Aid if the bin
needs to be
replaced

16. MAINTENANCE
We have a truck that drives
around picking up bins that
need to be replaced or
maintained and then they are
brought to the warehouse and
repaired.

17. MANAGEMENT
Planet Aid’s
collection system is
monitored 7 days a
week.
Overflows, dumping
and other customer
complaints are
serviced the same
day, often within a
few hours for the time
we receive them.

18. RHODE ISLAND
Thank you
for listening.