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Finland has a good system for this. You can take no-longer-wanted household items to your nearest kierrätyskeskus ("recycling center"). They sort thru it, toss
by euroderf 4y ago
Finland has a good system for this. You can take no-longer-wanted household items to your nearest kierrätyskeskus ("recycling center"). They sort thru it, toss the unsellable, check over checkoverable things (think: stereos and sweaters and jigsaw puzzles) to verify they're OK (and affix a label), and put'em on a shelf with a price tag.
These centers are a wonderful source of super-affordable second-hand stuff. The environmental benefits are yuuuge.
- koala_man 4y ago> jigsaw puzzles Wait, how do they check these over? Do they solve them to make sure that a quarter of the pieces aren't missing. Do they count the pieces in a 5000pc puzzle?
- seanmcdirmid 4y agoGoodwill in the states does this, but you have to wait in a long car line for an hour to donate, so it isn’t hassle free. But we’ve been there a few times with toys and some furniture.
- PebblesRox 4y agoI guess this varies by region. I've never had to wait more than a couple minutes to make a donation at any local thrift stores.
- seanmcdirmid 4y agoYa, the one we go to has a large service area that is densely populated, so on the weekends the donation lines get pretty long.
- feet 4y agoCouple minutes? I've never had to wait at all At all the Goodwill's I've donated at, I'm always the only one there at that time. Just drive up and unload immediately
- implements 4y agoBritain (or at least Surrey) has the same system - Community Recycling Centres [1] will have a shipping container where you can leave things that a Charity Shop [2] might be able to re-sell. [1] The local “Dump” or “Tip” - [2] “Goodwill”.
- robcohen 4y agoWe have this in Texas, it’s called ReStore and it’s run by Habitat for Humanity
- _nalply 4y agoBrockenstube in German speaking part of Switzerland
- idonov 4y agoI love Finland