I once contacted Bay State Textiles and they indicated that they sort the items into reusable (as clothing) and cloth that should be shredded or whatever and used for non-clothing purposes. So I think they take all of the above in terms of the condition of the clothes.
--Debra On Mon, Jun 26, 2023 at 12:46 PM June L Matthews <[email protected]> wrote: > I used to donate to Goodwill but now donate to St. Vincent de Paul. I > have a feeling that Goodwill has changed its mission – they used to employ > the disabled to repair clothing that they would then sell. The Goodwill > stores that I have seen have become much more “upscale” in some areas, and > I think that they only want ready-to-wear (or ready-to-use) items in good > condition. I don’t know what they do with the inferior or damaged > donations. Does anyone know? There is a big Goodwill donation truck > outside Crosby’s market in Concord. > > > > June > > > > > > *From:* Lincoln <[email protected]> *On Behalf Of *Sara > Mattes > *Sent:* Monday, June 26, 2023 12:37 PM > *To:* Alice Waugh <[email protected]> > *Cc:* Lincoln Talk <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [LincolnTalk] Question re: clothing collection boxes > around town > > > > St Vincent de Paul has a box in Weston, behind St Julia’s church and near > Brothers > > > > All clothing dropped there goes fire to those in need as do proceeds from > sales. > > Red Cross is notorious for having huge overhead and very highly paid > Execs, and actually expending a small portion of revenues on actual aid. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > On Jun 26, 2023, at 12:28 PM, Alice Waugh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi Andy, > > > > I think in either case the material must be dry and machine-washed clean. > The Red Cross clothing donation page > <https://www.redcross.org/local/massachusetts/ways-to-donate/clothing-donations.html> > says > "items are then sold through a vendor and a portion of the proceeds > benefits our Disaster Relief Fund" but doesn't specify that the clothing > itself is given to disaster victims, or what condition it has to be in. I > suspect though don't know for sure that the "vendor" may be some place like > Bay State Textiles that repurposes material in any (dry) condition as > described in this 2022 Lincoln Squirrel article under the "Textiles" > subhead: > “Where does it all go?” Part 3: Recycling beyond single-stream > <https://lincolnsquirrel.com/2022/08/where-does-it-all-go-part-3-recycling-beyond-single-stream/> > " > > > > *Alice Waugh* > > Editor, The Lincoln Squirrel <https://www.lincolnsquirrel.com> and The > Lincoln Chipmunk <http://chipmunk.lincolnsquirrel.com> > > [email protected] > > 617-710-5542 (mobile) > > www.watusiwords.com > > > > > > On Sun, Jun 25, 2023 at 8:27 AM Andy Wang <[email protected]> wrote: > > I had a question regarding the various clothing collection boxes around > town. I was under the impression that the ones that are from > baystatetextiles (schools and transfer station) will take clean old > clothing (e.g stuff with holes, tears, stains) for textile recycling. The > other ones from Red Cross (transfer station and Stacy’s gas station) is > looking for clean and usable clothing for distribution/sale. Is that > correct? Thanks. > > > > Andy > > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to [email protected]. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/ > . > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to [email protected]. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/ > . > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to [email protected]. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/ > . > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > >
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