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> All the countries I've lived in during my life (4) have had various types of "boxes" on the street where you can dump clothes, which subsequently gets donated
by logifail 4y ago
> All the countries I've lived in during my life (4) have had various types of "boxes" on the street where you can dump clothes, which subsequently gets donated to various organizations that handles giving clothes to people in need [..]
Q1: To which people?
Q2: As a 'donor', how is one supposed to be able to determine what actually happens after your throw your clothes in the box?
- smileysteve 4y agoWhen helping hurts, the best recycling of old fabrics to avoid economic reprecussions is probably for insulation or us dollars. Most of the big name donation centers (GoodWill) will have this setup for their waste product.
- smileysteve 4y agoTo which people? In best cases, to domestic thrift stores, which are hoping to create retail jobs for people (often a bridge job to get training, a work history) with customers including homeless, thrift treasure seekers, costume shoppers, college students, near poverty, in poverty, makers, reusers and more. Middle case, they get shredded into insulation or dollar bills. Worse case, they flood Africa as finished textiles obliterating the local market.
- mtlmtlmtlmtl 4y agoIt's not a literal black box. It has information on it, maybe a website, where you can go research what happens in great detail. Including what clothes are accepted, what the minimum conditions must be, whether they are sold in thrift stores or donated, and to who, etc.