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My local area has very active Buy Nothing Groups (a group that operates through Facebook, where goods can be taken and offered for free, with council boundaries determining whether someone can join). That’s why community exchanges work so well. The more local something is, the easier it is for others to collect it, and the more likely it is to find a new home. (If you’ve never listed anything on Gumtree before, I’ve written a guide to selling second-hand to help you get started.) Buy Nothing Groups and Local Online Community Networks Things like spare coat hangers, old bubble wrap, moving boxes and crates of old jam jars all shift surprising well.īear in mind that the more obscure the item, the longer it will take to shift. That doesn’t mean that what you have won’t be wanted though, so it’s worth listing things anyway. It’s also more effective for certain types of items, such as homewares, furniture and electrical goods. How effective this is can be dependent on where you live (it’s easier in urban centres than rural locations).

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Gumtree, Craigslist and other platforms allow us to list items for free for others to take.

Donating winter jumpers in summer or Christmas branded items in February will mean stock sitting around, and it may end up in landfill, even if the quality is good. Stores need to turn over goods fast to make money. Calling ahead is a good way to find out what they need – and what they don’t want. Some don’t have space to take toys, or may have a shortage of certain things. Some charity shops have the capacity to test electrical items and will accept them for resale, others don’t.

Call ahead and find out if they take (and need) the things that you’re donating.

Two ideas when donating to charity shops to ensure a better chance of the item being onsold: In Australia it’s estimated only 15% of all donated clothes are resold.ĭon’t kid yourself that the charity shop will want your moth-eaten old clothing with buttons missing. Charity shops get so many donations – far more than they can handle. Most of us would rather donate something than throw it in the bin, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that the charity shop will want it.Ĭharity shops want things that they can sell! If you wouldn’t buy it, and can’t imagine that anyone else would either, don’t donate it. But that doesn’t mean that it’s the best place for the stuff. This is most people’s go-to when letting go of unwanted stuff. Ideas for Rehoming Items Responsibly Donating to the Charity Shop

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I’ve put together a guide of what to do with some of the random bits and pieces that you have that you know are useful… but don’t know how to find them new homes. Remember: it’s only waste if you waste it. You’re saving something from landfill, and making someone happy in the process. It can take time, and effort, but if you succeed it is such a good feeling. You’d be surprised.) The challenge is finding that person. Someone, somewhere, will want what you have. The thing I love about challenges is that whilst they can be difficult, they are not impossible. We don’t want to throw it out, but we know in our hearts that the charity shop doesn’t really want it either. Things that are broken (even if they are repairable), items with parts missing, things that have low value, stuff that has been used, opened or are worn. Especially when this stuff isn’t really fit for selling or donating to the charity shop. Getting rid of stuff, when we don’t like waste, can be a challenge.

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Unwanted gifts, stuff that we upgrade or replace, stuff we realise we don’t use or don’t like, duplicates. We all end up with stuff that we don’t need.