Charity Collection Bags

Posted by: Dungassin on 29 October 2010

This morning we received another 2 of those plastic bags asking for donations of clothes etc for charity. That brings this week's total to 7! I used to put them out empty (still in the original packaging) for them to reuse, but they never seem to bother collecting them, so now they just go in the recycling bin.

We seem to get one weekly from some charities. Do they seriously think everyone has that much used stuff to give away? Most of them seem to quote an amount of money per ton they will give to the charity, so personally we just take our donations in to one of the local charity shops, where hopefully they will get more than that for them!

... this week's rant over ... Winker
Posted on: 30 October 2010 by hungryhalibut
They are a crazy waste of plastic, and where I live you can't recycle them. Half of the charities are a con anyway.

Nigel
Posted on: 30 October 2010 by Dungassin
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Half of the charities are a con anyway

I suspect you're right. About half the bags seem to be from "charities" I've never heard of. I'm going to continue giving most of my stuff to the local Hospice shop
Posted on: 30 October 2010 by Richard Dane
A message from a member unable to post:

"If a charity bag/bin bag comes through your door use it as a bin bag.
No pucka charity in the uk post bags through doors.
Only gangs DO THIS TO MAKE MONEY"
Posted on: 30 October 2010 by Dungassin
SWMBO was saving them all for exactly that purpose, but when she got to 2 carrier bags full, I told her to start putting them in the recycling bin. Our local ones don't seem to mind what sort of plastic you put in them.
Posted on: 31 October 2010 by hungryhalibut
Just because you can put it in the recycling and the collectors do not remove it does not mean it is actually being recycled. You should check with the council exactly which plastics can be recycled.

Despite Richard's post, some legitimate and excellent charities do deliver these bags, such as the British Heart Foundation. The problem is sorting out the good from the ripoff. We keep a few of the bags to use as bin bags, or for the boys to use for dirty clothing when they go on scout camp.

Nigel