5 Ways to Donate Smarter Without Fueling the Landfill (Ep 324)
About this episode
Deanna Yates discusses effective donation strategies while decluttering and the realities of where donated items end up.
If you're decluttering the chances are that there is a bag in your trunk right now, isn't there? You did the hard part. You went through the closet, you made a hundred decisions in a row, you got everything bagged up and loaded in the car. And then you drove past the donation center. Twice. The problem is that there are two decisions inside every declutter, and almost nobody warns you about the second one. In Episode 324, Deanna is answering this question in real time. Her house is selling, her family is moving, and she is decluttering 500 items right now while her husband recovers from back surgery. Some of it is going to Buy Nothing. Some of it is going on Vinted. Some of it is going in the trash. None of it is happening perfectly, but it is happening. She is also going to tell you the truth about where donated items actually end up, because she thinks you can handle it, and because knowing is going to make you feel better instead of worse. In this episode: The two decisions inside every declutter, and which one stalls you out What percentage of your donations actually make it onto a thrift store shelf Where the rest of it goes, including the millions of garments that arrive…
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