Washing dirty clothes dumped on the street?

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I’m genuinely curious (sad 😂)

All in the street WhatsApp group. Neighbour 1 complained about a pile of clothes being dumped on the pavement outside her house.

Neighbour 2 tell her to please wash them and donate to charity instead of just throwing them away.

I don’t know why .. but I really wouldn’t want strangers dirty clothes in my washing machine, which I guess is stupid. Also Neighbour 2 didn’t offer to actually come out and help with said clothes.

What would you do? Chuck? Or go through then individually and then wash, dry and go to the charity shop to donate?

If it was on the street outside I would have just left it and the council would have swept it up in their daily round. I don't get involved in someone else's rubbish left on the street.

They’d have gone in the bin sorry

Where do you live that you get a daily street sweeping???????😮

London zone 1.

The one suggesting it is free to go ahead if they’re keen.

I'd probably report it as fly tipping and then council would come and clear.

I'd find it quite difficult not to write a sacastic unhelpful reply to the neighbour who suggested I wash it, but I also wouldn't have posted on the group.in the first place.

Depends on what cloths, how they were dumped (bag vs pile) and if they seem salvageable. If I found a binbag of probably outgrown but good condition kids cloths, I'd consider it. If it was old, wholely pants strewn across the lawn, probably not.

The neighbour suggesting washing and donating can do that if she pleases. But what a pisstake to ask OP to do it. I’d be putting rubber gloves on and slinging it all in the bin.

No way wothose clothes be going in my machine 🤮
but as @Bookpage said I wouldn’t be consulting with anyone on it.

🤣🤣🤣🤣 this … bloody hell, a council that comes and cleans my street every single day. Tell me where and I’ll start the moving process today.

Oh she’s a right cheeky one. Always in the WhatsApp group asking for free things.

Once I was sat in my living room and noticed she kept walking back and forth in front of my window carrying a bucket … obviously being nosey I had a look at what she was doing. And she was taking building material/scraps from her house and putting them in my neighbours skip - and also getting her kids to do it too.

I was at the start of the Great Scottish Run earlier this year. Loads of the runners discard outer clothing at the start. And I saw the team of people actually gathering up the discarded clothing and putting it into a large van.
I was wondering then what happened to it because I was thinking even if it had only been on.the ground for a short time I really wouldn't fancy handling it.
It transpires it is either given to charities or put for recycling so they must have some large scale laundry facility to wash it.
I certainly wouldn't be washing the discarded clothing you are talking about OP. I would leave it to the street cleaning services to deal with.

I don’t know why she posted it in the group chat either, someone offered to help her clear them and she said no. Just ranting for rant sake.

well clearly these are free clothes for her!

I found a sad and wet tea towel in a car park. Took it home, washed it and it’s now part of my pile lol. I take it that makes me officially poor 🤣

I wouldn't mind washing them and giving them to charity.

at this time of year I often idly wonder about taking all of the sad lonely gloves left around the pavements , plus the hats and other things and taking them home, washing them and trying to pair them up and give to charity… but never quite crazy enough to do it!
there is a small pair of school shoes which has been sitting on a road sign on our way to school for about a month now. I told the kids if they’re still there on the last day of school we’ll take them home, but to bin not re use!