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How Yellow Bin Works

Recycling your old textiles has never been simpler. Three easy steps, and every item you drop off stays out of landfill for good.

Two Ways to Donate

Pick the Method That Fits You

Got a bag of clothes? Use the bin. Got a fridge, gym set, or a room full of bulky items? We'll come to you, for free.

Method 01

Drop-Off at a Yellow Bin

Clothing, bags, shoes, and household textiles. Find a bin near you and drop off in under a minute, 24/7, no appointment.

Clothes & shoes Bags & accessories Linens & curtains
Method 02

Door-to-Door Textile Pickup

For large textile donations. Requires a minimum of 30kg (approx. 6–7 bags). For smaller quantities, drop off at your nearest Yellow Bin or contact us directly.

Min. 30kg / 6–7 bags Textiles only Free collection
Method 01: Drop-Off Bin

Three Steps to a Cleaner Planet

01

Find a Yellow Bin

Use our interactive map to locate the nearest Yellow Bin in your neighbourhood, you'll find us at supermarkets, schools, shopping malls, and community centres across the country.

Open the Map
02

Drop Off Your Clothes

Bag up your unwanted clothing, shoes, and linens, clean or worn, we take it all. Simply drop into the bin slot. Open 24/7, no appointment or paperwork needed.

Tip: Place items in a bag before dropping, it keeps things tidy and helps our sorting team.

03

We Recycle & Redistribute

We collect, sort, and process every item. Wearable pieces are resold or donated to local charities. The rest is recycled into new raw materials. Nothing goes to landfill.

Wearables donated
Rest recycled into fibres
Zero to landfill
Method 02: Bulky Items Pickup

Got a Large Donation?
We'll Come to You.

Door-to-door pickup requires a minimum of 30kg (approx. 6–7 bags) of textiles. For smaller quantities, we encourage you to drop them off at the nearest Yellow Bin, or contact us directly on WhatsApp or email.

What qualifies for pickup
👕 Clothing & garments
🛏 Linens & bedsheets
🧣 Scarves & soft accessories
🪡 Bulk mixed textiles
⚖️ Minimum 30kg / 6–7 bags
01
Contact Us

WhatsApp is the fastest, or email works too. Tell us what you have.

WhatsApp Us
02
Send Photos

We'll ask you to photograph the items so we can assess whether we're able to process them.

03
Confirmed Appointment

Once approved, we'll schedule a pickup time that works for you. No hassle, no waiting.

04
We Collect: Free

Our team arrives and hauls everything away. The entire service is completely free.

100% FREE SERVICE
Ready to schedule a pickup?

WhatsApp is the most responsive channel, we typically reply within a few hours.

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Accepted Items

What Can We Recycle?

Yellow Bin accepts all types of textiles and accessories. Here's everything you can drop off at any Yellow Bin near you.

Mixed textiles and clothes accepted for kitar semula at Yellow Bin recycling bins, Johor
Primary Category

Mixed Textiles & Clothes

We all have clothes in our wardrobes, on surfaces, in stuffed closets and drawers that we don't need or want anymore. Clothes and textiles can be passed on to someone in need, family members, or donation sites. Ideally they are recycled and made into new items such as padding for chairs and car seats, cleaning cloths, and industrial systems.

Garments and clothing accepted for textile recycling at Yellow Bin, Johor Bahru
Clothing accessories accepted at Yellow Bin kitar semula textile recycling bins
Footwear and shoes accepted for recycle clothes donation at Yellow Bin Johor
Bags and handbags accepted for textile recycling at Yellow Bin drop-off points, Johor
Towels and light household textiles accepted for kitar semula at Yellow Bin, Johor Bahru
Children's stuffed toys and soft items accepted for Yellow Bin textile recycling donation

Items don't need to be clean or in perfect condition, we accept worn, torn, and faded textiles. The only things we cannot accept are wet or heavily soiled items. Items with holes, yellowing, pilling, or odors. We also exclude winter wear, Japanese kimonos, traditional attires that are incomplete sets and headscarves (Tudung).

Behind the Scenes

What Happens to Your Donation

Once it's in the bin, here's the transparent journey every item goes through.

01
Collected → Sent to YB HQ

Items are collected from all bin locations on a regular schedule and transported to our sorting centre in Johor Bahru.

02
Sorted by Grade

Manually sorted by our team. A part-time worker processes up to 1 ton of clothing per day.

Grade A — Wearable
Grade B — Worn but usable
Scrap — Damaged
03
Scrap → Circular Economy

Scrap and rejected textiles are sold to workshops as industrial rags or affordable used clothing, keeping every piece out of landfill.

04
Redistributed to Those in Need

Grade A and B clothing is redistributed to welfare homes, underprivileged communities, and charitable organisations across the region.