Re:The Disappearing Art of Maintenance
by PuppyTailWags on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @01:50PM
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Donating itself is also fraught, however. Very few people are going to want a 20-year-old pulp book, soiled magazine, out-of-date manual, etc. Librarians commonly have to curate their collections which includes throwing out a ton of books, often donated books. Clothing is also often stained, holey, or dirty. While clothing can be repurposed to cleaning rags I suppose, I don't know if one can easily repurpose books.
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Re:The Disappearing Art of Maintenance
by mellavora on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @02:08PM
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> While clothing can be repurposed to cleaning rags I suppose,
Not anymore, when almost all clothing is partly synthetic. If it isn't 100% cotton or 100% wool, it is probably going straight to a landfill.
Re:The Disappearing Art of Maintenance
by bombcar on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @03:57PM
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You can find online the absolute bales of clothing crap Goodwill et all throw away; people use them as a dumping ground for garbage so they don't have to feel bad about it.
Re:The Disappearing Art of Maintenance
by euroderf on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @10:19AM
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I thought most donated clothing ends up going to "the rag trade".
Re:The Disappearing Art of Maintenance
by jlg23 on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @03:33AM
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> Donating itself is also fraught, however.[...]
That again is a problem the receiver of a donation has to take care of as they'll have to pay for the disposal of actual garbage. When I was donating my library before traveling for a few years, someone was coming to my apartment, checking out my donation and he did reject 2 or 3 (of a few thousand).
> Clothing
... can in worst case be shredded and used for thermal insulation.