Plastic Pollution - Charity Bags

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Once upon a time..... We used to receive a charity collection bag about once every six weeks or so. And quite a high proportion would be utilised - by the wife chucking out my clothes!!!! I would imagine that the charity asking for the clothing had a fairly decent return through the use of these collection bags.

Well, for some time now, we've been receiving 3 or 4 or more a week. In one particular week we received six. Yesterday we had one, today we have two. And what happens to them now - they get chucked in the bin straight away. Or, at least, they did until today. I'm now going to collect these bags - in one of their bags - until I have quite a collection, then lawd help whosoever tries to stuff another bag through my letterbox at that time. I reckon I'll have quite a collection in about three months.

Why should I fill up my rubbish bins (we now have FOUR different types of bin thanks to a ******** liberal council)?

And no, before anyone suggests it, I don't put the empty bags out on the doorstep for collection. The last time I tried that we had three bags on the doorstep, from three different charities, that didn't get collected after many days. Why should I blight the threshold on the off-chance the bag might be collected.

There must be money in this clothes collection business. Although I note that most of those delivering these bags, then collecting the clothes, are Eastern European and use battered old un-roadworthy transits. I wonder how much tax and NI gets paid?

Anyone else blighted by these bags.

/rant off.

Now which recycling receptacle did I start my bag collection in?
 
John yes, I fully agree with you, they are a menace and we like yourself can rely on 3 most weeks. We have tried to leave them out, only for them not to be collected (like the AVON catalogue!) and now save them and pass them onto a grandparent who uses them as bin bags then when full, slings them into her wheelie bin.

A neighbour fills a bag every now and then and that gets collected, but not the empty bags.


There have been numerous warnings around these parts of people going around collecting the bags of clothes etc before the actual charity gets the chance.
 
Yep, had a phase where we got 4 or 5 in a week. It's nuts - gave up putting them back out months ago.

We don't posess any clothes that are in good condition that we wish to throw away. Never have - and if we do they will be taken toa charity shop that is for a charity we do support.
 
These things are the bane of my life. I pick up at least 1 from the doormat and chuck it in the bin every day! I am not even sure they are for real charaties half the time. When we get rid of clothes that are charity shop worthy I take them to the local hospice shop!
 
I was just thinking the same this morning. Today I have had 3 delivered :shake:
 
Sounds nice Steve, I'll look forward to tripping over the same amount when I get home tonight I suspect. I leave them outside in a nice pile but it doesn't matter how big the pile is, the next chancer comes along and despite seeing a mountain of empty bags outside the door thinks that their will be the lucky one that makes me change my mind and pushes it through the letter box.
 
We get quite a few, we seem to always have "stuff" to send to charity, so if it's a charity we support we will put stuff out, if not, we'll save the bag for the next one that we do support or fill it and take it to the local charity shop.

We've also started ( a while ago ) getting leaflets from companies that look like charities, but are actually registered companies that profit from sending clothes abroad. We don't give to them :nono:
 
I get 3 or 4 a week.
Some are worded to make it look like they are charity bags, but the small print says the clothes are sold to people in 3rd world countries at a "fair price".

I make a point of only giving to the Salvation Army and PDSA. At least I know they are bona fide charities.
 
Back home to find another one. That's three today.

Must be my lucky day - off to buy a eurolottery ticket.
 
Seriously? you are getting wound up about bags? I wish my life was as trouble free as you lot :p
 
menthel said:
These things are the bane of my life. I pick up at least 1 from the doormat and chuck it in the bin every day! I am not even sure they are for real charaties half the time. When we get rid of clothes that are charity shop worthy I take them to the local hospice shop!
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same round here, one or 2 a day from not very well known charities. i dont chuck clothes out, the only clothes i chuck out are ones fit for the bin anyway!


dont get me started on leaflets - we have had the same farmfoods flyer through the doorstep 3 times this week, we also get atleast 5 takeaway menus a week, most of which are for takeaways on the other side of town, whereas the most recent one the takways name was written in islamic i think so i couldnt even read it anyway!
 
We don't have council-supplied rubbish bins so stuff gets left by the roadside in black bin bags or whatever bags you want. I use the charity bags.
 
We get loads also. ONly outnumbered by takeaway menus. If I don't get one of those per day I feel like no one loves me.
 
I think if you actually look at the bags it says "Charity X" will recieve £y from monies generated from the sale of clothes etc etc"

So therefore, they collect all the clothes, sell them somewhere, donmate £y and keep £z profit for themselves.

We use them as binbags.
 
I thought this was just me. Why don't they pick up the unused bags. They certainly used to a few years back.
 
These charity bag you get in the post are great. Nicely packed so they fit in your camera bag, then when you want to get down low on a bit of wet ground out they pop and a nice little ground sheet . Always have one or two in my bag.
 
Mark,

Now there's a cunning use I had not thought of, only a few weeks ago, I was told I should get lower down to snowdrop shots, but the grass was wet.............

I know what I am doing with the next 6 or so charity bags!!!!! :thumbs:
 
Just use them as bin bags and get on with wasting your life somewhere else :D
 
My brother works for the British Heart Foundation. The single reason for the increase in bags is: current price of used clothes. A Transit will hold about a ton of clothes. These used clothes are worth £800 unsorted to the rag trade(export mainly). This same ton of clothes is worth £3000 if sorted and sold in a retail charity shop in town. He believes that BHF, PDSA and YMCA are the only bags that aren't a con. If on the bag it mentions "commercial partner", run a mile. When it mentions 50% ( or whatever percentage of proceeds), this is proceeds AFTER costs. In the US, the law has been changed and now the system is working as it should.
 
lawrie29 said:
We get loads also. ONly outnumbered by takeaway menus. If I don't get one of those per day I feel like no one loves me.
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Just had a menu for "Bhaji's Hot Food Express" stuck through my letterbox.

Bhaji's, Bhaji's, I don't need no stinking Bhaji's.
 
lawrie29 said:
We get loads also. ONly outnumbered by takeaway menus. If I don't get one of those per day I feel like no one loves me.
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The takeaway menus are now getting outnumbered by postal & hand delivered codswallop due to a certain national event on 6th May. Thanks to our council, our blue bin outside for card and paper is getting filled regularly with all the claptrap :D As someone else mentioned, I use the charity bags for bin bags around the house.
 
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