Recupex getting ready for spring clothing drive

1 May 2019 at 18 h 27 min

Reading time: 30 s

By Gordon Lambie

Recupex getting ready for spring clothing drive

Recupex General Manager Benoit Fontaine with Michel Beaudry, President of the organization's Board of Directors, employee Benjamin Zielinski, and Denyse Remillard, the Vice Rector of the Université de Sherbrooke who has been named Campaign Chairperson for this year's L'Estrie met ses Culottes clothing drive. (Photo : Gordon Lambie)

Recupex, the Sherbrooke-based nonprofit focused on fabric recycling, is getting ready for its spring clothing drive, “L’Estrie met ses culottes,” which will take place this year on Saturday May 11 from 8:30 in the morning to 3:30 in the afternoon, in the parking lot of the Mitchell-Montcalm school at 2050 Portland Boulevard. “23 years ago three friends said to each other, it doesn’t make any sense for clothing to be sent to the dump,” reflected Recupex President Michel Beaudry “they started out with a collection of a few thousand pounds, and today we collect just over four million pounds of clothes per year.” See full story in the Thursday, May 2 edition of The Record.