Underwear
Recyclable?
Blue Bins & Chutes
Other Recycling
Recommended
Trash
Unless the undies are in excellent condition and suitable for reuse, they should be thrown out.
General Waste
Alternative
Freecycle / Give Away
Underwear cannot be recycled. But they can be passed on for reuse through Cloop bins.
Please only put clean, usable underwear in these bins. Any underwear that is stained, with holes or damaged elastic does not below here.
Cloop Life Line Bins
Alternative
Charitable Donation
If the undies are NEW and never used, they may be welcome by some welfare initiatives.
These should be in their original unopened packaging and/or have original tags
Bra Girls Asia
Alternative
Freecycle / Give Away
IF and only if, the underwear is new - still in the package or with tags - then you can freecycle it.
You may even be able to sell them online
GoodHood
Carousell
Olio
Singapore Really Really Free Market
Online Freecycle Groups
Info & Insights
See also: Bras
Because of hygiene issues, most charities will not take undies unless they are unused and still in the original packaging.
This also applies to stockings.
