Total aside (sorry!) but eastautumn which organizations take reused or can recycle the fabric? Clothes, sheets, actual curtains to be used as curtains I have covered, but the recycling of actual fabric by (for example) shredding and re-spinning it I've only heard about in BBC anthropology documentary series (the 'rag and bone man')

I usually save our old textiles in a bin until I have enough to fill a bag to donate. I either drop them off at one of those donation collection bins (we have one at our local gas station) or donate them along with an ARC pick up.

You just have to separate out all of the textiles that are no longer usable for their original purpose (stained, torn, too worn, etc.) and put them in a bag marked "recycle." I think most donation centers will accept textiles for recycling, though you might want to double check with yours to be sure. For more information specific to your area, you could try searching "recycle textiles near me." For more general info, here's a helpful web site: https://earth911.com/recycling-guide/how-to-recycle-clothing-accessories/

Goodwill recycle any textile items that they can’t sell.

Goodwill doesn't exist where I live (out of business) and the only textile recycling group has drop-off bins, but the locations are not publicly available.

Nevermind.