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Here in the UK, donating old/unwanted clothes to charity has been a thing for a long time, at least a decade. Many supermarkets accept various kinds of recycli
by GordonS 7y ago
Here in the UK, donating old/unwanted clothes to charity has been a thing for a long time, at least a decade.
Many supermarkets accept various kinds of recycling, and many have a large box for clothing, which goes to places like the Salvation Army. TBH, I've no idea what they do with it though.
There are also door-to-door collections, where a bag is put through your door, for collection a couple of days later - of course, anyone can do this, and there have been cases in the past of unscrupulous people claiming proceeds will go to charity, but instead pocketing all the money.
- ghaff 7y agoDonating used clothing and other things to Goodwill, Salvation Army, etc. has been a thing for many decades in the US. These days you also see a fair number of collection bins in parking lots for either clothing/shoes or books/videos. I don't know how much of what's donated just gets thrown out though; I suspect a fair bit.
- peter303 7y agoMost of that goes directly to landfill after these places extract 5% x10% thatcan be profitably resold.
- smileypete 7y agoApparently some (most?) charity shops will accept unwearable clothes for rags, would be no point if it all went to landfill.