masshole4life t1_iuemko0 wrote
Reply to comment by SharpCookie232 in Massachusetts bans clothing, footwear, bedding, curtains and other textiles from trash disposal by cowghost
sounds like a scheme to get people to burden charities with their unusable trash rather than municipalities whose responsibilities include...trash disposal programs.
people already abuse those bins with trash to the point many in the worcester area have been removed.
charity dropoffs are not supposed to be a rubbish disposal. now, if the state will allow these charities to dump for free so they may alleviate this sudden huge burden, then that would be somewhat reasonable. but expecting charities to absorb the burdens of this short sighted decision is bullshit.
SharpCookie232 t1_iuer3n6 wrote
The point of the law is that used textiles aren't trash. If they aren't in good enough condition to be worn, they can be turned into insulation or rags.
masshole4life t1_iuesuvf wrote
but why is it the charity's job to collect, store, sort, and ship these textiles? if it's that easy then why don't municipalities set up "used textile" bins rather than shifting the burden to nonprofits?
SharpCookie232 t1_iufor3y wrote
It's not a burden - they make money from it which they use to support whatever cause their organization is all about. It wouldn't be worth it for municipalities. You need to do it on a large scale. Savers processes 700 million pounds of clothing per year.
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