Recycling at its best, a local forum

by restrangled 13 Replies latest social current

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  restrangled

  Outlaw, I can't believe what we throw out as a nation in general.

  Just recently the Kidney Foundation was asking for clothing, household items, and games, for pickup. I went through my closet, my husbands, and clothing left behind by my 2 sons. At least one full bag still had the sales tags still on, or something was worn once. Absolutely shameful.

  There was a woman's full length lamb leather coat from the 80's.....(huge shoulders) that was barely worn, but was totally out of style. (my mom gave it to me), Men's shirts that my kids didn't wear, (tags still on).......it went on and on.

  I also sent several beautiful games that we have not played in a long time......I kept the scrabble and Risk!

  At least they went to something positive instead of the dump.

  r.
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  Sad emo

  Yup we've got Freecycle here in the UK too.

  We also have some local charities which will take away furniture/electrical goods to help rehoused homeless and needy folks to at least get some basics in their new homes
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  nelly136

  i always ask our customers for their old rags dead shoes and handbags, i can sell these to a rag man and raise funds for the charity i work for that way,

  i figure that at the moment money is tight and people dont always have good stuff to give away right now, but they probably have a bit of stuff thats no use to them that theyd have to lug to a recycling point or use up prescious space in their wheelie bins to get rid of it. so by asking for their 'rubbish' it can benefit both them and the charity.

  people often wont donate that kind of thing because theyre worried its too shabby and they dont want to dump their crap on the shop, so i'm trying to re-educate them that the rags dont need washing the shoes dont need to have soles and the handbags dont need to be useable, the rag man i use pays by weight not quality. so its all good.

  i was quite shocked by a recentish programme where mary portas was bemoaning the amount of yukky clothes the charity she was remodernising had to 'pay' to dispose of by the skip load, she took a huge sample of 'nasty laundry to a shopping centre and was waving round dirty ol undies to shame the locals into donating better stuff, while i can understand that nice quality stuff is good to sell, i think she totally missed out on the revenue she could have gained from the rag weight value if she'd just got out the phone book and found a reputable rag man.
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  lisavegas420

  I've freecycled tons of clothes and shoes. I know I could drop them off at the Goodwill, but I liked knowing that it was going to someone that really needed it now and was local.

  My daughter's husband was working for an apartment complex and rental houses, when people moved out, he went in and trashed everything. He started calling my dauther and she would go in and make a list and freecycle the stuff instead of letting him throw it out. It was usually gone within hours.

  I've received a outdoor swing with a canopy. It just so happened I knew the person freecycling the swing and he brought it to me for a cup of coffee. hehehe

  lisa