Trashie Review: Is the Take Back Bag Worth Trying?

I was lured into trying Trashie by an ad promising free gift cards in exchange for bags of unwanted clothing. It sounded great, so I ordered one of their Take Back Bags to try out. Read on for my Trashie review and find out if their Take Back Bag is worth trying.

The Trashie Take Back BagTrashie Review: Their Ads Are Misleading

While scrolling through Instagram, I saw an ad for a new site called Trashie where you can send in bags of unwanted clothing and textiles for “TrashieCash.” It said you could then trade your TrashieCash in for gift cards. Their site is https://www.trashie.io

The idea sounded great, since my ThredUp selling experience didn’t work out well, so I went to their site to get the details. Each Trashie bag costs $20 and can hold up to 15 lbs. of clothing, shoes and other household items. I got an instant $10 TrashieCash for ordering the bag and then another $20 for registering it after it arrived.

I checked the site for these amazing gift cards and all I could find were deals and coupons. The same kind of discounts I could find online without paying any money.

See below for examples of the TrashieCash Rewards:Paying Trashie to Take Your Clothes

My Trashie Take Back Bag arrived in about two weeks. I managed to fill the bag up pretty quickly with a bunch of clothes and shoes I was going to take to Goodwill. Then I registered it on the website and was sent a free shipping QR code. I still need to take my bag to USPS for it to be sent out.

I was hoping after I got the bag and registered it, then the magical promises of gift cards would come true. It did not. There were no gift cards and still only coupons mostly for places I didn’t need to shop at and things I didn’t want. It might have actually been worth it if there were Target coupons or any stores I shop at regularly.

Calling these “$$ off if you spend X amount” deals gift cards is incredibly misleading! Trashie amounts to you paying someone $20 to take your clothes, but you have to also pack it all up and drop it off at their house.

How Trashie Works

Trashie.io is a platform designed to make recycling unwanted clothing and textiles easy and (supposedly) rewarding. Here’s a breakdown of how it works:

Take Back Bag: You order a Take Back Bag, which arrives within 7-10 business days. Fill it with unwanted clothing, shoes, accessories, and certain home goods.Return Process: Once the bag is full, scan the QR code on the bag to get a free return shipping label. Drop it off at any USPS location for free or at a UPS Store for a small fee.Recycling and Rewards: Trashie sorts the items into over 250 categories. About 70% of the items are reused globally, while over 20% are recycled into new fibers or used for other purposes like pet bedding. For each bag you send, you earn $30 in TrashieCash, which can be redeemed for deals (NOT gift cards) at various brands.Chrome Extension: Trashie also offers a Chrome extension that helps you save money while shopping online by finding and applying coupons from over 15,000 merchants. You can also earn TrashieCash through this extension.

I would like to point out that Trashie has created a whole system of recycling clothing that is introducing tons of new plastic bag waste into the environment. Seems like a better idea to take things to your local Goodwill.

Is Trashie Worth a Try?

The bottom line is no, I don’t think Trashie is worth a try. The only benefit I got out of it was to be able to write this Trashie review post. I don’t want to pay someone $20+ to take away things I could easily donate to my local Goodwill. And this Trashie take Back bag is probably going to sit around as long as my Goodwill bags would. So, it’s not like I was able to get rid of my old junk any faster.

I will keep checking back and seeing if the TrashieCash Rewards get any better, and will update if things change.

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