ATRS Connects with Retail Real Estate Leaders at ICSC@FLORIDA 2026

The American Textile Recycling Service (ATRS) team recently traveled to Orlando, Florida, to participate in ICSC@FLORIDA 2026, one of the region's major gatherings for professionals involved in retail and commercial real estate.

Held August 30 through September 1 at the Orange County Convention Center, ICSC@FLORIDA brought together innovators, property professionals, retailers, dealmakers, and other leaders involved in the places where people shop, dine, work, play, and gather. The event included networking, educational opportunities, and two days of dealmaking and Retailer Central.

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Representing ATRS at this year's event were Brian, Patrick, Earnie, Kim, and Robby, who set up the ATRS exhibit and spent time meeting with attendees to introduce them to ATRS and the benefits of professionally managed clothing and shoe donation programs.

Bringing Clothing Donation Opportunities to Commercial Properties

For ATRS, attending ICSC@FLORIDA provides an opportunity to connect directly with many of the people who make decisions about shopping centers, retail properties, commercial developments, and other community destinations.

A professionally managed ATRS donation bin can provide property owners and managers with a simple way to offer an additional service to their tenants, customers, employees, and surrounding communities.

Rather than throwing unwanted clothing, shoes, and household textiles into the trash, community members have a convenient location where they can donate reusable items.

ATRS works with property owners and location partners to identify appropriate locations for donation bins and provides the ongoing service necessary to manage those locations. This makes participation straightforward for the property while providing an easily accessible donation option for the surrounding community.

More Than a Donation Bin

The ATRS team also had an opportunity at ICSC@FLORIDA to discuss the larger impact behind every clothing donation.

When gently used clothing and shoes are donated instead of discarded, those items have an opportunity for continued use. That helps divert reusable textiles from the waste stream while supporting a more responsible approach to textile reuse and recycling.

ATRS donation programs can also help support charitable organizations and community initiatives through partnerships associated with clothing and shoe collection.

For commercial property owners, that means a well-managed donation location can become more than another feature of the property. It can provide a visible way for a business or property to encourage responsible giving and community participation.

Connecting With the People Who Shape Our Communities

ICSC describes its regional events as gatherings of innovators and dealmakers dedicated to strengthening communities and economies by bringing together the spaces where consumers shop, dine, work, play, and gather. That makes ICSC@FLORIDA a natural fit for ATRS.

Retail centers and commercial properties are already an important part of people's everyday routines. Conveniently located donation bins can make responsible clothing donation part of those routines as well.

Our team enjoyed meeting property owners, managers, developers, retailers, and other industry professionals in Orlando and discussing ways that ATRS can work with commercial properties to create convenient neighborhood donation locations.

A big thank-you goes to Brian, Patrick, Earnie, Kim, and Robby for representing American Textile Recycling Service and sharing the ATRS mission with the ICSC community.

Interested in Hosting an ATRS Donation Bin?

ATRS works with property owners, retailers, shopping centers, businesses, and other organizations to establish convenient clothing and shoe donation locations.

If you have a commercial property and would like to learn more about becoming an ATRS location partner, we'd love to talk with you.



Together, we can make responsible clothing donation easier and more accessible, one neighborhood at a time.