FORECASTER • November 21, 2022
Yarmouth has joined a number of municipalities in the area in adding textiles to its recycling efforts. The goal in adding the drop boxes for old and unwanted clothing and shoes at the Yarmouth Transfer Station is to keep as much of them out of landfills as possible, according to Joe Whitten, owner and chief executive officer of Apparel Impact, which provides the receptacles for the municipalities and picks up the materials. New Hampshire-based Apparel Impact has set up 125 drop sites in Maine, at no costs to the towns, since expanding into the state in 2019. Since its start in 2014, Apparel Impact says, it has accepted more than 45 million eligible items.