Clothing, housewares curbside pickup in Austin will continue

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Since the launch of Austin’s curbside textile recycling pick-up, the city says Simple Recyling, the contract company who picks up the goods, is collecting 11.6 percent of the goods that would have ended up in the landfills per month.
According to a recent city memo, the contract with Simple Recycling was always intended to “supplement, rather than replace private donations.” In December, one month after Simple Recycling launched in Austin, KXAN reported th