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SAVED is a new initiative from Green Thing where unwanted and unloved T-shirts are Saved from waste by adding a hand-stitched design and story that makes them wanted and loved again. MORE More
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Send us your old T-Shirts

Please donate your old unwanted and unloved T-shirts to Green Thing by sending them here:


To be Saved by Green Thing

67-69 Whitfield Street

London

W1T 4HF


Why buy all those new T-shirts when the old ones can be SAVED?


SAVED is a new initiative from Green Thing that takes old, unfashionable, undesirable T-shirts, washes them, hand-stitches saved lettering onto them, adds a SAVED story (saved from bad taste, saved from disrepair, saved from neglect) and in doing so makes each T-shirt better than new, a bit more fashionable and a lot more desirable.

Following on from Glove Love, an initiative that pairs lonely single gloves from around the world into fashionable and sustainable pairs, Green Thing is asking anyone and everyone to donate their old unwanted T-shirts to help tackle clothing waste.

And when you’ve done that, why not buy and wear a specially hand-stitched T-shirt that's better than new and SAVED.


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11 comments
Steffy_H
I think this is an amazing idea! I'm going to go look at the back of my wardrobe and see if I can find a T-shirt that is in need of saving
Steffy_H 28 days ago.
Katee
Hi Angela, we do ship to the US so you can just buy them from our shop here: https://marketplace.asos.com/boutique/do-the-green-thing/collection Do let us know if you have any other questions!
Katee 8 months ago.
angela_sevin
How can we buy these T-shirts in the USA?
angela_sevin 9 months ago.
Katee
Hi Daj, there isn't a sizing chart as every T-shirt is different, but each T listed in our shop is listed as it's original size. So if it is a small, then it's a standard small T (sized 8-10 UK). Does that help?
Katee 10 months ago.
andyh
Hi Siobhan - thanks for blogging about Saved! Green Thing is not-for-profit so all money we get goes into the cause - creating an inspiration feed of ideas, campaigns, products to help as many people as possible in as many countries as possible to do the Green Thing. Green Thing is powered more by love than money but there are costs for people, content production, computers, accounting, that sort of thing. Any profits beyond that go to our environmental charity Green Thing Trust which exists to fight climate change. Hope that helps answer. thx
andyh about 1 year ago.
siobhan_morrin
I really like this! I wrote this article about it: http://bit.ly/btE6Ru and my friend asked, what do you do with the money made from the t-shirts?
siobhan_morrin about 1 year ago.
deejay
thoughtfully cool!
deejay about 1 year ago.
jamoboggins
Great idea guys! The beauty is that it's a virtuous circle - when I receive my Saved T-Shirt I'm going to send back one of my old ones!
jamoboggins about 1 year ago.
andyh
Thanks amatola, well the Saved shop is online (Facebook now, site soon) so that's kind of like being in Cape Town too ;-) We'd love to open a physical shop for Saved so if that's something you can help lets discuss hello@dothegreenthing.com -- thx
andyh about 1 year ago.
amatola
I am from South Africa and was wondering if you have a shop here? I live in Cape Town and is interested in maybe to open a shop like yours here. Franchise? Excellent idea!
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