Recycle and Reuse!
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So my husband is a vendor... meaning he sells bread from a local bakery to stores/resteraunts/etc. He has a route that goes through a very nice section of Hamden. And at these places there are 'Donation Bins.' You have all seen them, they claim they will take your old clothing and give it out to the downtrodden... well read the fine print folks, some of them are Forprofit places that sell your donated clothes and don't give anything back in the process.
But I digress. Specifically on the boxes near us it says 'CLOTHES ONLY' no Furniture/No Toys/No random things you just want out of your house... okay that last part I added but hey, you will see bags of bric-a-brac all over that place. And Furniture... and mattresses... I mean come on people.. NO ONE wants your nasty old mattress... heck I dont want the one I have ;)
well the toys that get left there usually get left in the rain and ruined. The trucks that collect the clothes never do anything with the toys/furniture/random stuph. All they want are the clothes. So my husband has found some very nice used toys for our kids. Heck it is akin to driving down backstreets in town on Sunday or Tuesday night to see what folks think is worthless. That is how I got the Little Tykes Cozy Coupe for my darlings along with some other neat things.
Does this make me trashy? I would hope not! My kids are enjoying these cast offs, and honestly they don't care if it is new out of the box or was used! I like to think I am keeping useful things out of the landfil, and you know... when I am planning on rehoming these toys, there are donation places that wouldnt say no to these gems... or I might know some other low income families that would find this windfall a blessing.
But I digress. Specifically on the boxes near us it says 'CLOTHES ONLY' no Furniture/No Toys/No random things you just want out of your house... okay that last part I added but hey, you will see bags of bric-a-brac all over that place. And Furniture... and mattresses... I mean come on people.. NO ONE wants your nasty old mattress... heck I dont want the one I have ;)
well the toys that get left there usually get left in the rain and ruined. The trucks that collect the clothes never do anything with the toys/furniture/random stuph. All they want are the clothes. So my husband has found some very nice used toys for our kids. Heck it is akin to driving down backstreets in town on Sunday or Tuesday night to see what folks think is worthless. That is how I got the Little Tykes Cozy Coupe for my darlings along with some other neat things.
Does this make me trashy? I would hope not! My kids are enjoying these cast offs, and honestly they don't care if it is new out of the box or was used! I like to think I am keeping useful things out of the landfil, and you know... when I am planning on rehoming these toys, there are donation places that wouldnt say no to these gems... or I might know some other low income families that would find this windfall a blessing.
1 comments:
Pure win! People put those toys out there to donate them for someone who could use them. You could use them so they went where they were supposed to go! :)
We give and receive child toys and clothes all the time here too. We have a group called "Freecycle" where people can give away items to people who need them. It works pretty well to get rid of items without throwing them in the trash!
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