Goonj - a NGO who collects waste and distributes old clothes

‘GOONJ’s mission is to make clothing a matter of concern.
All their products are made from the last strands and shreds of the cloth, paper and other household material they get after sorting out the wearable, usable stuff. Thw products are made out of torn cloth/jeans, audio tapes etc which people discard in droves. They believe that just by re-using our old clothes the problem of clothing for the poor can be solved to a very large extent
By providing a small piece of clean cloth to a village woman, to be used as a sanitary napkin, we can prevent a multitude of hygiene problems.
In the last few years Goonj.. has annually been initiating ‘RAHAT-FLOODS’ to collect relief material for the lakhs of victims in Assam, Bihar & West Bengal during floods.

Center Location for dropping your old unused things

Important guidelines:-

Only the centers mentioned in this page are authorised to accept material for GOONJ..
A CALL (before going) is mandatory at the centre, to check their availability and for directions to avoid any inconvenience.
Also please avoid odd hours to call or drop the material.
NO LOOSE material will be accepted.
Kindly pack the material in polybags, bedsheets, cartons etc.
At many centres people empty their suitcases and in some cases even demand their polythenes back.
NO DIRTY, DAMAGED, WET MATERIAL will be accepted.
These centers are open only for individuals and small quantities.
Please don’t leave big quantities of material at the collection centers since these are homes of people and its causes them inconvenience .


Institutions like school, colleges etc. and corporates, are requested to send material directly to the GOONJ offices only.
Receipt against the cash/ material contribution will be given at GOONJ offices only.

Contact: Mr. Vimal ( 9092877543 )
Office Address: GOONJ.. Chennai, 1st Floor at No.1 Maduvankarai, 4th Street, Alandur, Chennai – 600016 Landmark ( Near Guindy Race Course, Alandur EB Office )
Email: vimal@goonj.org

Collection centers

Adyar: YENNES Infotec (P) Ltd., No. 5, First Floor, L.B. Road, Adyar Chennai – 20 Landmark :- ( Near Signal Next to Standard Chartered Bank ) Tel – 044 - 43931111, 9840396993, Cont.- Ms. Bharati

Pallavaram: H.No. Old/New – 55/65, Bharathi Nagar, Main Road, Zamin Pallavaram, Chennai- 43 Tel.- 9962000675 Cont.- Mr. Enock Inbara.

Kilpauk: H.No. 210, Rajendra Appartments, Secretariat Colony, Beraka Road, Kilpauk Chennai – 10
Tel : 044-26403277, 9952043339, Cont.- Dr. Sai Lakshmi

Adambakkam: F1, Anugraha Apartments, 41 Telephone Coleony, II Main Road, Adambakkam, Chennai- 88
Tel.- 9840743966 Cont. – Mr. Santosh Balasubramanian

Kodambakkam: Acharya Tailors, No:23, Rattammal Street, Murugesan Nagar, Kodambakkam, Chennai – 24 (Landmark : Near Samiyar Madam, Jains Antariksha & Grace Super Market)
Tel : 044-9382845060 Cont. – Mr. Chary