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Tacoman404 t1_iuqrqt0 wrote

Why don’t you go to an actual donation center instead of those bins in parking lots? Somewhere like Savers or Goodwill.

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Own-Suit5786 t1_iuquk6c wrote

Not a lot of cars that transport mattresses, and they’re banned anyway

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lufecaep OP t1_iuquoqy wrote

Those are fewer and further between so it really doesn't address the issue. I don't have either of those near me. And the homeless shelter I used to donate at replaced their box with one of the yellow ones.

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PakkyT t1_iur8p7y wrote

Probably for most people those places are out of the way and some distance to get to. Where as every town has a scattering of those donation bins in and around the places you normally are going to be on a daily basis, so easier to just take the bag to the bin in the parking lot at the grocery store..

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TywinShitsGold t1_iur4m4b wrote

So now all my old clothes have to get dumped on the doorstep of the nearest goodwill? Cuz if they’re not “accepting” donations they’re getting it anyway.

And they can figure out how to ship it up to their warehouse in NH/CT just to throw it in their dumpster anyway.

I’m glad my apartment complex has dumpsters.

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tenderooskies t1_iur9yqh wrote

  1. you should donate your old clothes anyway? people may need them - and there are a ton of places to do so

  2. this is targeted at large companies / organizations that toss mattresses / textiles rather than recycling

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