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Old clothes

Where can I hand in old clothes?

Around 500 tonnes of old clothes are put into an old clothes container or handed in at street collections in Bocholt every year. Here you can find out where to find the nearest used clothing container and what belongs in it.

Drop-off points

Furnishings address Acceptance times
Clothing store Protestant parish Bonhoeffer House
Dinxperloer Str. 173

No acceptance until the end of February

thereafter during these opening hours:

Monday and Friday: 9 am - 12 pm
Tuesday: 2 - 5 pm
Thursday: 3 - 6 p.m.

St Joseph's clothing store Schwertstraße 24 During the day permanent drop-off possible
Clothes collection KARO department stores' KARO department stores'
Kreuzstr. 18 - 20

Monday - Friday: 9 am - 6 pm
Saturday: 9 am - 3 pm

Clothes collection centre Kinderschutzbund Ebertstraße 17

Monday - Friday: 9.30 - 11.30 a.m.
Mon, Tue, Thu, Fri: 3 - 5 p.m.

Used clothing container Recycling centre Schaffeldstr. 74

Tuesday - Friday: 9 am - 6 pm
Saturday: 9 am - 1 pm

Street collection

Dates in the ESB waste calendar

old clothes

Frequently asked questions

What belongs to the old clothes?

  • Wearable, clean clothes
  • Bed linen
  • Table linen
  • Shoes bundled in pairs

What does not belong to the old clothes?

  • Rags
  • Fabric scraps
  • Stuffed animals, toys
  • Torn, dirty, unusable clothes
  • Curtains
  • Blankets

What do I have to consider?

Please only put old clothes in sealed bags in the containers or at the old clothes collection.

Please make sure to put the bags in the containers and not next to them.

Rags, fabric remnants and other unusable items are residual waste and belong in the residual waste bin.