Do you throw toys and clothing away?

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I give everything to the charity shop or ask around or try to sell online (but that is so time consuming I don't bother anymore unless the item is brand new with tags) and I just can't stand the thought of good stuff being chucked in the bin.

Now, my parents are serial thrower away-ers eyeroll and my younger sister actually threw away a massive bag of fairly trendy clothing including a cardigan that my mum thought I had borrowed and she had given me a real telling off for losing it. I never borrowed it dsis had nicked it and then thrown it away instead of giving it back to dmum who lives with her! she could have put it outside her bedroom door but instead she black bagged it ready for the tip!
My old lego sets were all dumped even though I asked if I could have them for my kids when my siblings were too old for them. The same with my old guitars which I tried to bring home but was stopped because dsis wanted to learn. dumped mere weeks later.
Why do they do this?
I just can't understand why someone would throw away good stuff especially when people have shown an interest in having it! especially your own child or grandchildren!

It makes me so mad!

Another relative asked if I wanted any clothes for ds and dd as they are having a sort through. I said yes ill come to pick the bags up on xxx day. got there and they had thrown them in the bin as bin day is Tuesday and you said you'd come on Wednesday.
just tell me! or don't tell me because now I know a big black bag of good clothes are rotting in landfill instead of being reused.

I see bin bags of good stuff and toys being thrown out on my street daily. (everyone uses a little green area as a dumping ground and the council collects every 4 weeks or so) and I just don't have the space to save it all!

The cost of some things, to throw it in the bin, sometimes not even used... it blows my mind! I don't know how people can do it.

I know I sound preachy but it just feels cruel. my family know how much it upsets me, and its like they revel in telling me what they've thrown away.
The kicker is that they have about 6 charity shops and a shelter to pass before they get to the dump. and I have said I will come and get whatever you're throwing away and take it to the charity shop or give to friends children who are the same age or have xxx interests.
I don't understand it. this is more of a rant but. I needed to get it off my chest before I ring my parents up and explode!

We're increasingly buying second hand, DS likes big plastic toys and apart from them being extortionate brand new, they actually do wear well enough to be sold on. I have 3 kids who play with them now so they're probably more charity shop than sell when we finish with them but still, they'll get another life out of them. Imagine the movie Toy Story if Mum had chucked it all on the landfill once he reached 10

We have a facebook page for our housing estate and people put on posts with photos of anything they no longer need such as furniture/toys/kids bikes/kids bedframes/books/plant pots/garden furniture/kitchen cupboards that have been removed and someone can use for utility/shed etc etc - give their address and say they will leave outside their address today and if anyone can make use of them they just show up and take them, if not they skip/charity shop the next day.

There are a couple of people in the estate that work in the local primary schools or community playgroups and they take anything they can use, especially books and kids toys.

The only things they don't put on are clothes and shoes which go to the local charity clothes bank.

Local clothes Recycle bin for clothes I can't pass on . Charity shop for good stuff that isn't suited to anyone I know and pass on all toys and clothes to friends kids . I tend to offer stuff to family and friends before I get rid . Online selling is hit and miss

I tend to do huge clear outs of toys and clothes every once in a while. I don't donate to charity shops because in the past I've took stuff and been refused as they had too many toys already. Plus I don't drive so I'm not going to walk round with huge bags of stuff till someone accepts it. What I can't sell on Gumtree or Shpock I'll list for free, or try to pass on to a friend. After that I'll just throw it away. I've thrown baby clothes away because they tend to get stained and I wouldn't sell that to anyone.

Is it possible she feels uncomfortable seeing people she knows wearing her donations? I live in a very small town and do a public facing job. I have met people wearing clothes I've donated before. I've also (on one memorable occasion) changed my mind about an item I'd donated and went to buy it back myself!!

I hate waste as well.
We were able to donate toys, clothes and home ware to a local refugee centre. Charity shops here refuse soft toys or battery operated ones, so the refugee centre were delighted to get any.
Unusable shoes and clothes were donated to a rag collection agency, and little by little we chipped away at what we needed to give away.
It also made us very concious as to what we consume.

Our rubbish collection is very small. We wash and recycle everything we can, put a lot into compost. the pets get leftovers so there's as little going to landfill as we can manage.

But there's room for improvement so we will continue to try to find ways to reduce our consumption, be more environmentally friendly and self sufficient.

Toys are the things that I find difficult to get rid of.

There are collection banks for books and clothes and for small electricals too so they're all easy. And you can take batteries to the supermarkets (but need to check first if they are full).

But toys are quite difficult if you don't want to go to a charity shop and wait while they check it and make you sign a gift aid form. I can't be bothered so the stuff is still in the garage!

I am sickened by the things some people throw away without a second thought.

op are you me? I've literally posted this before about my own family! down to passing charity shops and asking to give me first! I hate it! I also feel like they revel on telling me that they threw it away too.
you have my sympathy I am in the same boat.

My mum's the same. I blame her for the reason I've got a severe hoarding disorder. It got so bad to the point I hoarded boxes and bottles at one time. Now I try and sell everything, even clothes with stains and holes I manage to sell somehow. My mum gets rid of absolutely everything because she has a fear of clutter.

My DM and her siblings love to buy stuff for others, and are very quick to discard perfectly useful items. It could probably be directly related to the fact they grew up in appalling poverty.
I understand why they do it, but I still think it's terribly wasteful.

I put everything on ebay, if it doesn't sell after a while it goes to charity shop. I only bin underwear and DSs shitsplosion clothes.

The only things I ever throw away in the bin are things like broken toys and puzzles with missing pieces that are no good for anyone else.

Clothes either get passed on to family/friends with relevant age kids or we have a charity locally that gives good quality clothes to families who need them. Big stuff like old but fine curtains etc goes to Bags for Schools a couple of times a year. Any stained/ripped clothes go to the rag clothes bin to raise money for the local air ambulance.

I keep really good toys in the attic in the hope of future grandchildren, any other decent toys go to the charity shop. The dc's school is always asking for things like good quality second hand books and puzzles for summer fairs.

I can't imagine just throwing a bag of clothes away, that's just awful.