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If 10,000 LA Biters trade an item of clothing each month for a year instead of tossing it, we'll keep the weight of about 33 stretch limousines in fabric out of landfills.

Parents change an average of 7,300 diapers by the time their infant turns two years old.

Behind Clothes Doors

The Bite

Wanna secretly re-gift a few baby shower bombs? Open the door to the new buy-sell-trade children’s clothing shop, Eden’s Green Closet. Just round up new and used kids’ clothes you don’t want, and instead of throwing them out, make an appointment with owner Emily Blakeney – she’ll give you 35% of the resale price in cash or 50% in store credit, or donate what she can’t use to a local charity. Then shop for gently used, gently priced stuff you do want (between $7-$12), or spanking-new, organic-cotton and sustainable-fabric styles from brands such as Sprout or Party Bots ($24-$55). We snagged a new soft bamboo hoodie and a pair of like-new cords to put in a friend’s baby’s closet – shhh…don’t tell.

Wanna Try

Eden’s Green Closet, 1423 Abbot Kinney Blvd. at California Ave., Venice (310-450-2345). New Sprout bamboo-and-organic-cotton toddler hoodie, $40; almost-new toddler corduroy pants, $7.

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