Donating duvets to charity

trukdiver

Norman_Castle wrote: »

Very poor advice. Unless whoever collects your recycling asks for duvets they will not want them.

When I worked in a charity shop, we were specifically told not to put them in the recycling, as the recycling centre couldn't process them.

trukdiver

Primrose wrote: »

I can't believe that people would donate clothes to charity shops without washing them but obviously some do. Why don't charity shops put up notices saying "no clothes accepted unless they have been washed first". It seems basic good manners to me in treating other people respectfully, even if you don't know them but some people sadly don't have much understanding of civilised behaviour.

A lot of people will throw stuff away if they think they need to wash it first. People have different standards and some people may think that something that was washed six months ago is OK while others won't.

It was amazing what we got in the shop I worked in. People would bring in bags of holiday stuff without even shaking the sand out! We even got a bag of leaves once..

luvchocolate

We tend not to put up negative notices...I have sorted out bags of donations regularly containing the following...
soiled nappies, bedding with blood on,sharp knives is a bin liner, grass cuttings, filthy shoes and many more.
However some very kind people do donate saleable items I estimate 20% of donations are saleable.
Many items have to be taken to council tip, and we have to sort out into boxes, metal, plastic, wood, paper, broken china, broken glass.
Its because we support our charities that we work, for those items that do raise much needed funds and we thank donors for all their donations

drifter34

could i ask if your north west

teddysmum

There is a lady asking , in the pets section, for duvets for her local rescue.


The thread title is 'Wanted if possible'.

Arthurian

Could you use old duvets or sleeping bags as extra loft insulation? Or might it encourage vermin into the loft?

Loanranger

I sleep on mine.
I use my old, or summer duvets, as mattress toppers. I need to use a bigger fitted sheet with the three duvets I have on my mattress at present. This saves storage space for out of season duvets and has saved me from buying an expensive mattress topper or even a new mattress.

Otherwise, the local Cats Protection or Dog rescue will probably take them, just phone and ask them.

LadyDee

Primrose wrote: »

I can't believe that people would donate clothes to charity shops without washing them but obviously some do. Why don't charity shops put up notices saying "no clothes accepted unless they have been washed first". It seems basic good manners to me in treating other people respectfully, even if you don't know them but some people sadly don't have much understanding of civilised behaviour.

Just re-reading this thread.

Sometimes it works to the customer's advantage that CS accept non-washed items.

As I said earlier, I have often just glanced at a rack of dirty, smelly clothes and walked straight out again but a couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to pick up a nearly new down padded coat in pale pink. It was absolutely lovely, but grubby round the wrists. I took a chance (for £5), shoved it in the washing machine and have received nothing but compliments since. I washed it on 30 deg and it wasn't until afterwards I read the label and it should have been cold wash! It was then I realised it was down rather than just poly padding. Perhaps the donor was nervous of washing it herself.

fraserbooks

I help in a local charity shop and I can assure you people do donate things without washing them. We all caught fleas from one bag and another bag was full of soft toys donated after a child had been sick. Most people are very good and we do steam clean items before sale.

Duvets are a real problem. As a business we have to pay for our rubbish collection so if we accept goods that can't be recycled or sold it ends up costing us money. Our local textile recycling group won't accept duvets.