Our mixed rags come from various donation centers and thrift stores around southern and northern california. To ensure that we have supplies available for our customers on a weekly basis we have 23 different suppliers who deliver clothing to our warehouse every single day. Our mixed rags are packed in 1000 lb bales and are shipped in 40 ft. Containers All of our credential clothing are untouched and are unsorted after they are delivered to our warehouse daily. Our experienced collector/packer can press all credential clothing in their original bag into 1000 lb bales to ensure that none of the clothing have been touched or sorted. Our tropical mix consists only of lightweight summer clothes appropriate for hot climate regions. Items that are not part of the tropical mix include: garbage, sweatshirts, long sleeve shirts, heavy pants, heavy woven sweaters and coats. All of our tropical mix are collected from various institutions around the warm climate of southern california. We pack all our clothing in 1000 lb bales and shipped in 40 ft containers.