AIBU to just bin baby clothes ?

[ElleGee1]

AIBU to just bin baby clothes ??

What do you all do with clothes dc has grown out of? No chance of having a third child and already the outgrown clothes are piling.. when I say bin, I mean could put them in a clothes recycling bin..? with dc1 we put everything up the loft (most of it is pink lol and dc2 is a boy) and it’s still there. Really want to avoid hoarding this time. Thought of putting on a Facebook freebies page too.. but the time wasters I can’t be dealing with.. x

Ebay bundles. Charity shop. See if you can find someone to turn them into a Teddy for you.

Have you got any family friends or siblings of your older child’s friends you can pass things on to? You can be clear to the parents they can do what they want or feel is right with them? We’re the last in our friends to have kids and have been kindly given so much stuff. When you think about how easily clothes get trashed at nursery we’ve been grateful to have these second hand clothes to wear.

@Booboosweet

Just bin it. Don't bother with trying to sell it or give it away.

Please don’t do this. There are people who would be so grateful for it. Women’s refuge is a good shout.

There are companies that will come and pick them up from you, I cant remember exactly which one i have used before it was either 'collectclothes' or 'icollectclothes', but they come literally the next day and get it from your driveway. No fuss at all, super easy.
You can shove them in clothing bins too which is more effort and i swear they arent getting emptied properly with covid as the ones near me are overflowing.

I understand the temptation to just get rid. But I work really hard to find homes for anything usable, actively seek out opportunities to pass on everything that’s not stained or too worn. We buy unisex and flag to pregnant friends and acquaintances if we have things like baby baths or sleeping bags that they might be able to use.

If you have multiple kids (we have 3) this is one of the ways that you can limit the environmental impact of that decision.

Keep a few sentimental important bits and rest to charity. You can make teddy bears or blankets out of what you keep

Women's refuge, charity, etc. If it's too stained or damaged bin it. You can list the lot on FB for free- if it doesn't go in a week charity shop it. I take old fancy dress items to a local nursery and school and they often do clothes drives too.

You could ask your local hospital if the children's ward or maternity wards need them. I ran out of baby clothes on the children's ward as dd kept vomiting on them (not allowed visitors due to covid), they didn't have many spares and were very pleased and surprised when I brought them back on our next visit! If we hadn't needed to go back it would have been difficult to return them.

Keep sentimental bits and send other stuff to charity. You can get a blanket or a teddy made out of the clothes that you can't face getting rid of (if you have any!)

It's 2021 why would you consider just putting them in the bin?
As above posters have said, charity and recycling is widely available or if able to a sure start type centre or refuge.

@Psdoff

I don't think commenter have read the ops post properly. She doesn't mean black bin but a clothes bank bin.

This. The clothes bank bins are run by the air ambulances or places like Oxfam and the clothes are sorted into saleable and recycling, the latter being shredded and used for things like insulation.

Only the clothes unsuitable for either these purposes is actually 'binned' and that doesn't always happen any more as a lot of non recyclable waste is incinerated rather than landfilled.

Plus we need a lot of inert waste to dilute hazardous waste in landfill sites that accept mildly dangerous waste so even then it serves a purpose.

Women’s refuge, Salvation Army etc...they are a life saver for women fleeing domestic violence etc, most of them only leave with the clothes on their back including the babies/children and many women end up having babies while in refuge. Please don’t bin them.

Do you have a baby bank near you? All our outgrown stuff goes to ours. They give stuff to parents who have nothing, often parents who couldn’t even afford a charity shop. - I would much rather stuff went to them than into charity bags which are often just profit making companies.

If you can't be bothered to take to a particular charity shop, pass them on etc then drop them in clothes recycling bins normally found at larger supermarkets or your local tip.

I use the ones at my local tip for all the clothes that I don't give to my favourite charity shop/pass on as they are not dived into.

I think it depends a lot on your area. Round here you can barely give them away

Charity shop. I went to loads when I couldn't afford to clothe my kids in brandnew stuff and it was harder than you'd think to find stuff in the right size. you could just bag it all up and leave it outside. No effort at all and you can sleep easy knowing you aren't contributing to the destruction of your child's future.

I know its a little more effort but itsso worth it.
Second womens refuges. Some people end up in real bad shape with nothing in there.

just because its 3rd hand. its still good.

olioex.com/

Free sharing app pp mentioned, it’s for food and non food items

I walked through our local small town a couple of weeks ago and several of the charity shops had signs in the window saying they couldn't accept any new donations, so that could be a non starter.

I suppose OP, to appease all the 'don't put them in landfill even though that's not what you're planning' crew, you could put them on the freebies section of your preferred social media platform, say 'yes you can have them, they'll be on my doorstep at for 24 hours after which they will go to the charity, please just pick them up as it's likely I'll be sleeping/busy with babies/working/out to the first person who replies and then remove the listing to prevent further enquiries. If the stuff isn't picked up, you tried and then you can put them in the clothes bank as planned next time you're passing.

I literally in a 10 minute job sorted clothes.

Everything decent was put into bags and dropped off either with a friend (son is 1 year younger then mine) or local hospice shop.

Other suggestions...
Baby Bank
Women's Refuge

I absolutely couldn't bring myself to bin them when so many people struggle.

Ask your health visitor if they know of anywhere. We have a few local volunteer groups who'll collect stuff and pass it on where it can be used.

Hardest part is finding the groups, but once you've done it with this bag of clothes the next ones which are outgrown are easy.

You can donate to British Heart Foundation by post www.bhf.org.uk/shop/donating-goods/post-your-donations

Lots of charities have donation bins in supermarket car parks too such as the Salvation Army www.satradingco.org/banks/finder

If by some chance you’re in SE London I have some specific organisations you can try. More generally I’d do a giant Facebook post saying “Free to collect, bags of boys/girls’ baby clothes in sizes x-y, outside [house address] now, help yourself.”

Please don't just bin them! It's easy to drop them off at a charity shop.

Charity

@ElleGee1

Can I suggest you keep the little baby items ?

I did this with my sons and my daughters, and I was so glad I did , because as soon as DD reached the age where she enjoyed playing with dolls, then all the little baby outfits/babygro's were perfect as dolls clothes ! (Which saved me a fortune because 1 dolls outfit would've cost me around £8 !)