Recycle your bra!
We work tirelessly here at Green Daily, offering your tips on how to reuse and recycle just about everything in the house. Socks, linens, batteries, boxes -- you name it. But I'm not sure you'll find many uses for old bras. Maybe you'd have some luck using them as eccentric hanging fruit baskets or substandard water balloon launchers, but barring that, you're stuck tossing 'em in the trash. The good news is that, while second-hand shops on this part of the planet are unlikely to be interested in trying to re-sell your used push-ups, there's plenty of women in the developing world that would love to hold the ladies up with some pre-owned knickers.
It works like this: Oxfam, a relief organization that generates revenue by selling used clothing, can't put bras on their store shelves, so they sell the undergarments to traders who, in turn, send them to developing countries. So, if you live in the UK, just take your old bras into your local shop, and the employees there will make sure the undies don't wind up in a landfill. Unfortunately the organization doesn't maintain retail stores in the US, but I bet if you contact Oxfam's American offices they'll make sure your skivvies are handled properly.
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