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Donation Overload

fthunt — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 16:10:29 GMT

The main donation center here has 17 Thrift Shops - just announced they received volumes of donations following the virus lock-down.............they are selling clothing for $1.29 per pound.

No price tags .......just fill your bin ........take to checkout where it will be weighed and you pay accordingly. No returns......of course. They figure if it doesn't fit......pass those items on to somebody it might.

America has neater closets!

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icezeus — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 16:02:25 GMT

WOW!!

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LindaSal — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 16:12:17 GMT

I am glad people were productive with their downtime. Nice to give for those that can use it. I had purged so much stuff when downsizing a year and a half ago so I spent a lot of time watching netflix!

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I am still oxox — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 16:17:37 GMT

No donation centers here have opened yet, we finally got a pick up through Green Drop on behalf of the American Red Cross. Between closet cleaning and hubbies retirement we had 10+ trash bags full of clothes

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stuyvesant — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 16:47:04 GMT

Donations seem to be an easy way to get around recycling laws.

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millieshops — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 16:55:49 GMT

@stuyvesant How so? I can't think of anything I've ever donated that was subject to the recycling laws in either of the areas where I live.

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jackthebear — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 17:08:59 GMT

good news for the reselling biz

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fthunt — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 17:14:01 GMT

@millieshops Agree with you........recycling here is for: cardboard - newspapers - magazines - cans and bottles. (Period)

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Meowingkitty — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 17:39:06 GMT

What recycling laws? I recycle cardboard, bottles, and cans and only if It's easy for me. I'm not scrubbing jars to get them clean. If I have stuff that can't be donated I put them in a bag and trash them.

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millieshops — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 19:02:03 GMT

@fthunt Same laws where I am. But laws aside - I can recycle right in front of my own home - donating requires loading the car and finding an outlet to accept my cast-offs. Zero reason to try to donate as a way to avoid the recycling laws.

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noodleann — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 19:20:25 GMT

@stuyvesant wrote:
Donations seem to be an easy way to get around recycling laws.

Nothing that our local ordinances mandate we recycle would be appropriate for donation. Paperback books CAN be recycled, but are not mandated. They're the only things that would fall into a recyclable category in my area.

You CAN recycle fabrics, including torn and unwearable but clean clothing, to a charity center in another town that also recycles TVs and monitors (for a fee). I believe they bundle the rags and sell them to firms that make reprocessed fabric.

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ValuSkr — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 19:25:30 GMT

$1.29 per pound sounds like a good price. Hope you find some good things.

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stuyvesant — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 19:39:58 GMT

it's junk. They are inundated with junk.

There's actually some interesting books about this whole donate stuff you want to throw out business.

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fthunt — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 23:10:55 GMT

@ValuSkr I don't buy............I donate. LOL
Right now I have a Dyson vac cleaner - 2 boxes of Westinghouse battery & solar exterior garden lights (from Q).........and other stuff ready for Mission Truck to come and pick up. I'd be scared to go near a donation store - would see my own stuff there. I'm really working on clearing out the basement.

Dishes and some cookware are next to be sorted.

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ValuSkr — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 01:29:17 GMT

@fthunt I have some breakable items - dishes and drinking glasses - I'd like to donate. Do you wrap such items in tissue paper or newspaper prior to donating, or is that a waste of time?

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fthunt — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 01:50:50 GMT

@ValuSkr I've done both ways.......with drinking glasses I wrap so they don't clang together and break. Heavier baking dishes I leave in open box so the guy taking them from me........sees them and I say...glass. Where I drop off...they employ retarded people, which is good. But I stress - it's glass.

Okay - glass

They are very polite and thank me for the donation.

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fthunt — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 01:52:11 GMT

P.S. I wrap in newspaper..............more substantial

Go 4 it...........................(smile)

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KarenQVC — Tue, 18 Aug 2020 02:32:44 GMT

Our city squeezes us on the amount of trash we can put out. Then the dump charges an arm and a leg if you take the extra out there. Of course, only certain things go into recycle.

So, people here tend to either hoard their trash or stuff it into those donation bins in the parking lots--or next to those bins. Twice a year the city has a collection week for student trash. You should see it--piles and piles in vacant lots.