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Friday, December 22, 2006

Interesting - Donating Old Clothes

I post this only because I find it VERY interesting...

From ABC News as reported by the J-Walk Blog...


What happens to the used clothes that you donate to charity?

According to various estimates, here's what happens to your clothing giveaways. In most cases, a small amount of the items, the best quality castoffs - less than 10 percent of donations - are kept by the charitable institutions and sold in their thrift shops to other Americans looking for a bargain...

The remaining 90 percent or more of what you give away is sold by the charitable institution to textile recycling firms...

The recycling companies convert about 75% of the clothes into rags. The remainder are sold in Africa.

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