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THE CHALLENGE
Every year, SFGoodwill receives over 4 million items generously donated by the residents of San Francisco, San Mateo, and Marin Counties - diverting them from local landfills and giving them a second life by selling them in Goodwill Stores. The funds generated help to provide on-the-job training, life skills coaching, and employment opportunities to people ready to transform their lives through the power of work. But even Goodwill can't handle the volume of goods that flow through the system, and pressure on landfills continues to grow.

One of the biggest culprit of this problem is textiles - clothes, bedding, and other household fabrics. If we can find innovative solutions to repurpose textiles that are already headed to landfills as points of inspiration for business ideas, we can provide more job opportunities for those looking to transform their lives through the power of work.

The City of San Francisco and Goodwill is challenging designers, makers, and entrepreneurs to creatively explore ideas to create jobs through repurposing textiles currently going to waste.

YOU CAN PARTICIPATE IN 3 WAYS

1. Submit an idea or concept for a project or business that repurposes textiles.

2. Like and comment on submitted concepts. For those who aren't the creative-type, you can help to shape ideas submitted by others by offering constructive praise and critique of the idea. Your 'likes' will determine the ideas that get shortlisted for review by our award-winning panel of judges.

3. Share ideas for feedback and support. Share submissions with your community to further strengthen your support for the idea.

JUDGING CRITERIA

The best ideas will:

DO NO HARM
Address the issue of textile waste and re-purposing AT SCALE
Offer a LOCAL, LOW-CARBON solution
Generate LOCAL JOBS
Be CREATIVE and INNOVATIVE
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