Following the success of the inaugural Set your clothes free textiles collection event in May, Green Industries SA will again partner with local councils and charities.

The event will be held on Saturday 1 November, from 9 am to 3 pm, to help people donate their unwanted, high-quality clothing and pass on their unwanted household linens for recycling.

There will be 13 drop-off points across the state, with one in the City of Victor Harbor and one in the City of Onkaparinga.

Green Industries says Australians are the world’s biggest consumers of fashion, purchasing an average of 53 items of clothing per person each year – but a significant portion of those end up unworn or underused, buried in wardrobes and destined for landfill.

Set your clothes free day will give genuinely reusable clothing items a second life in charity stores, easing the burden placed on charity stores that can become overwhelmed with poor-quality donations that can’t be re-sold.

Good quality clothes and shoes plus both pure and blended polyester and cotton household linen, in any condition, will be accepted.

Donated clothing and footwear will be sorted and distributed to the participating charitable organisations for resale. Linen will be sorted, decommissioned and recycled.

Salvos Stores is the charity partner of City of Onkaparinga, with a collection point at Wakefield House Positive Ageing Centre in Morphett Vale.

Red Nose is the charity partner of City of Victor Harbor, with a collection point in the Civic Centre Car Park on Bay Road.

Find out more about the day and Green Industries projects on the website.