Person to person doesn't always work. We've been told by those who operate shelters in our town to donate directly to the charity because most things given to the individual end up as garbage on the street. It is a big problem in our city.
I knew it! Shipped and sold all the way to Africa, I always questioned where did they get those clothes if they are poor, wearing Umbro, Nike, Under Armour and other such brands
As a registered charity organization, my big concern is not even shipping clothes abroad, but the tax fraud 😑. Also I feel that Montreal port is a mob hub, how can stolen cars be shipped out to Europe and ME ? there is no audit or control, it's insane.
I always take my stuff inside to the Salvation Army. They rather you take it inside than leave it outside the store. Plus the Salvation Army is a legitimate charity.
nope... salvation army stores are for profit these days... Ask the homeless they have sorting donations for less than min wage (spoiler alert i have because i talked to them at the shelter I stayed at).... Look in the stores at worthless 70's and 90's furniture they are trying to sell at or above retail prices....
Trust them ? My gosh you need to do some research. Look at the massive high salaries of the CEO for example. That is where your donation money is going.
I knew long ago these bins were just shams but it’s still better than just dumping the clothes away If someone is willing to take the clothes away and figure out a use for them then that’s fine with me
Stop donating, they just sell it at the end of the day anyway so nobody getting your donated clothing for free. Just go out and give them to a homeless person if you really want to help.
While im here spilling the beans, dont leave your kids at daycares. You might think the males working are the ones to keep an eye on, but in reality its all the female staff that verbally and physically abuse your children. ❤
Meanwhile, every single major thrift store (both charity and non-charity) ships their unsold and unsellable clothing, linens, and towels in large bails, daily to third world countries. But it's totally the small vendors fault. Totally. All of our unwanted clothing eventually ends up in a third world country. The problem is our rate of consumption, and our desire for the latest, coolest thing.
Yes. And this dumping of our excess undermines any attempts by the developing world to develop their own textile industries. But - On a hopeful note - I understand that technology is being developed to systematically recycle these fabrics at a core level - to provide recycled fabrics that can be re-created into new clothing from recycled 'threads.' One small step at a time ...
Certainly sending used clothing to countries that we think might need it sounds nice. But when it’s actually providing competition to local clothing producers there we aren’t doing them any favours anyway.
I used to buy bags of cotton towels from the Victoria Value Village to use as rags for my shop. It was $5 per bag and normally held maybe 4 medium towels. But they upped the price got too expensive so I went elsewhere.
Commercial bulk shipping is actually pretty cheap. Certainly way less than what we as consumers would pay if we ordered an item from overseas. Also they’re selling to someone in Tunisian.
Big Brothers sells truckload lots to Value Village to raise money and avoid having to incur the expense running a storefront. Some are sold as clothing, some turned into shop rags.
Usually the company program collects the clothes and resells them or they shred them up and with the material / fabric make new clothes and sell them. They are sneaky.
My wife and I we do not buy things we do not need so we do not have anything to put into the bins anyway. We live with no debt of any kind. Live within ones means. By far our biggest expense is taxes.
Wwll glad you and your wife never cha g size or find a clothing item gone out of style. Also much is outgrown children's clothes when therexare jobs more children coming.
Charity is an industry now a day . Period. Even Toronto Sick Kid Hospital, And so call all the big name charity organizations... 80,90 % donation are going into the" staffs" salaries and expenses.
I give boots and clothing directly to some homeless and poor men that I know need them. and money as well. I don't want to help pay for a rich charity CEO"s car payments.
I always wondered where all those ripped clothes for rags use to cqme fro and why they were ripping all that clothes in Rexdale, Toronto Mexhanic shops n what not
NDP they love to create policies that cause so much despair some turn to substance abuse to escape the hell the NDP have made here. If the young has no hope, has been constantly brainwashed ones entire life of course that individual might turn to drugs. Get them hooked, then provide them with 'safe supply' then exploit them for votes. In the end offer them MAID when they are no longer useful to them. Fact. That is what is happening here. And over 50% vote for more of this they want NDP destroying lives insanity to continue.
181 million dollars..... where did they get that number from, used clothes have a value of ZERO!!! In theory a donation bin could possible contain thousands of dollars, just sitting there out in the open, why arent the needy reselling items themselves!? Pure speculation
Actually used clothes are cut up for rags sold by the 10lb package for around 10$ - so if you get free clothes by the tons - it does make sense that some money can be made if your stock is basically free ( less pickup money)
Please be more mindful of the poor. You may want to pretend they go to a better place, but homelessness frostbite doesnt really produce after lives, so follow the billionaire hushmoney.
Nothing in our society today is legitimate. If you want to make sure something is legit, you need to do it directly, person to person.
Nothing?
Person to person doesn't always work. We've been told by those who operate shelters in our town to donate directly to the charity because most things given to the individual end up as garbage on the street. It is a big problem in our city.
@@meagainandagain5756 pretty much. You go check almost every single charitable association, you will see huge wages and waste and so on.
@@meagainandagain5756 ok. That one girl at the furniture store on Sunridge Way is Legit.
Take the clothes directly to the homeless shelter if you can.
Many won't take them. Bring them to the homeless men and women you see on the street or in a tent😢
@@funkfunkable Calgary's does
Not here😢@@zigarten
I knew it! Shipped and sold all the way to Africa, I always questioned where did they get those clothes if they are poor, wearing Umbro, Nike, Under Armour and other such brands
They make them so they can get the flawed ones for cheap
As a registered charity organization, my big concern is not even shipping clothes abroad, but the tax fraud 😑. Also I feel that Montreal port is a mob hub, how can stolen cars be shipped out to Europe and ME ? there is no audit or control, it's insane.
Now track recycling.
They’ve done that it goes to landfill
Yep already been done. It goes to the dump
I always take my stuff inside to the Salvation Army. They rather you take it inside than leave it outside the store. Plus the Salvation Army is a legitimate charity.
Yes! One of the only organizations that I respect and trust.
nope... salvation army stores are for profit these days... Ask the homeless they have sorting donations for less than min wage (spoiler alert i have because i talked to them at the shelter I stayed at).... Look in the stores at worthless 70's and 90's furniture they are trying to sell at or above retail prices....
Trust them ? My gosh you need to do some research. Look at the massive high salaries of the CEO for example. That is where your donation money is going.
@@HomelessWhiteMaleStartingOvera yep. the ceo's are rich at most big charities. and employees pick and choose at some of these places.
i love how you spit facts about salvation army and it gets deleted.... NO the Salvation Army is NOT a legit charity!
When you see a random African dude wearing a 1997 Argonauts Grey Cup Champions t-shirt
I could see it being a Toronto Maple Leafs Stanley Cup Champions shirt lol...
😂😂
I knew long ago these bins were just shams but it’s still better than just dumping the clothes away
If someone is willing to take the clothes away and figure out a use for them then that’s fine with me
I used to think that way too. But I've had to rethink that. Knowing some are dumped in waterways is just wrong.
Same. Im not religious but i take them to a church or shelter locally myself
Stop donating, they just sell it at the end of the day anyway so nobody getting your donated clothing for free.
Just go out and give them to a homeless person if you really want to help.
While im here spilling the beans, dont leave your kids at daycares. You might think the males working are the ones to keep an eye on, but in reality its all the female staff that verbally and physically abuse your children. ❤
Meanwhile, every single major thrift store (both charity and non-charity) ships their unsold and unsellable clothing, linens, and towels in large bails, daily to third world countries. But it's totally the small vendors fault. Totally.
All of our unwanted clothing eventually ends up in a third world country.
The problem is our rate of consumption, and our desire for the latest, coolest thing.
Yes. And this dumping of our excess undermines any attempts by the developing world to develop their own textile industries. But - On a hopeful note - I understand that technology is being developed to systematically recycle these fabrics at a core level - to provide recycled fabrics that can be re-created into new clothing from recycled 'threads.' One small step at a time ...
Certainly sending used clothing to countries that we think might need it sounds nice. But when it’s actually providing competition to local clothing producers there we aren’t doing them any favours anyway.
Give to your local church. They have legitimate local outreach programs.
Some churches as well as addiction centers take clothes.
I stopped putting clothes in those bins over 10 years ago.
When they sell it oversees, who is claiming the dollars?
The companies setting up these bogus charity bins
I ran the diabetes one for years, we sell it to value village for 8.00 a garbage bag full. Household items pay nothing
What!
???????...😡😡😡😡
And although I use value village, it's not a charity.
My clothes ended up in value village! 😂
Privately owned, probably only charity support is what they cant sell.
Value Village sells unsold clothes overseas too anyways
I used to buy bags of cotton towels from the Victoria Value Village to use as rags for my shop. It was $5 per bag and normally held maybe 4 medium towels. But they upped the price got too expensive so I went elsewhere.
how is that profitable for whoever ships that to Tunesia ?! ?!
Commercial bulk shipping is actually pretty cheap. Certainly way less than what we as consumers would pay if we ordered an item from overseas. Also they’re selling to someone in Tunisian.
It’s better to give your donations directly to the homeless (shelters, Salvation Army) in person.
If you in Calgary, take everything to the drop in centre, it's easy and direct to helping who needs it.
Same in Medicine Hat take it directly to Salvation Army or Ys Treasure store both downtown
Some are privately owned and things are sold online or from their home
Big Brothers sells truckload lots to Value Village to raise money and avoid having to incur the expense running a storefront. Some are sold as clothing, some turned into shop rags.
Usually the company program collects the clothes and resells them or they shred them up and with the material / fabric make new clothes and sell them. They are sneaky.
If they go in another country that container isn't cheap
$4000 to ship a container Montreal to Nigeria. Plus the price of the container itself another $4000.
My wife and I we do not buy things we do not need so we do not have anything to put into the bins anyway. We live with no debt of any kind. Live within ones means. By far our biggest expense is taxes.
Wwll glad you and your wife never cha g size or find a clothing item gone out of style. Also much is outgrown children's clothes when therexare jobs more children coming.
Charity is an industry now a day . Period.
Even Toronto Sick Kid Hospital, And so call all the big name charity organizations... 80,90 % donation are going into the" staffs" salaries and expenses.
Where'd did you get that figure from? I'd like to look into this more. TY
Donate directly to your local thrift stores or local homeless shelters
I mean, who cares where this goes. The goal should be for these items to stay completely out of landfills.
Wait, what happened to the phone call in the teaser? I was hoping to hear more of that confrontation =/
Love how W5 it's to the, who, what, where, when and why. Investigative journalism at it's best.
I give boots and clothing directly to some homeless and poor men that I know need them. and money as well. I don't want to help pay for a rich charity CEO"s car payments.
Value Village is a big game player. They set up the charity call centers and sell as rag dealers.
why did it travel so far to be thrown in the garbage?
Mysterious things are going back to the souls of our ancestors.😂
Fasincating
I always wondered where all those ripped clothes for rags use to cqme fro and why they were ripping all that clothes in Rexdale, Toronto Mexhanic shops n what not
La Tunisie ? C'est pas une surprise, mon guide m'avait dit qu'il s'habillait uniquement de la fripe , car moins cher
Would have went to the garbage anyways. Real charities rarely take used clothes and the rest just ship it overseas most of which ends up in the dump.
These bins are a great way to get rid of garbage
181 Million of used clothing, wadr, that's a guess at best!
The donation bin in my neighborhood is always ransacked by junkies who take and then sell the items on Facebook
I don't think junkies use Facebook marketplace
@@hockeyaddict7007why not? Many likely have phones and will do whatever it takes to get drugs.
@hockeyaddict7007 lolol I guess you've never been to Vancouver BC.
NDP they love to create policies that cause so much despair some turn to substance abuse to escape the hell the NDP have made here. If the young has no hope, has been constantly brainwashed ones entire life of course that individual might turn to drugs. Get them hooked, then provide them with 'safe supply' then exploit them for votes. In the end offer them MAID when they are no longer useful to them. Fact. That is what is happening here. And over 50% vote for more of this they want NDP destroying lives insanity to continue.
Now I’m just going to sell them myself. 🤬
I’ve donated nice things
Just another reason to never donate to charity.
Im donating my used underwear from now on
To the landfill.
Poshmark
WHEN YOU HAVE TO PAY FOR GARBAGE PICKUP, YOU DON'T ASK QUESTIONS ABOUT FREE RECYCLING. AHAHAHA AHAHAHA LOL
Garbage
Im my city the aboriginal ppl will fight over it
181 million dollars..... where did they get that number from, used clothes have a value of ZERO!!! In theory a donation bin could possible contain thousands of dollars, just sitting there out in the open, why arent the needy reselling items themselves!? Pure speculation
Actually used clothes are cut up for rags sold by the 10lb package for around 10$ - so if you get free clothes by the tons - it does make sense that some money can be made if your stock is basically free ( less pickup money)
@@GFY_FOAD hmmmm..... homeless, needy, children!! Tons.... which word doesn't belong
Please be more mindful of the poor. You may want to pretend they go to a better place, but homelessness frostbite doesnt really produce after lives, so follow the billionaire hushmoney.
It’s not very charitable but also not very carbon emissions friendly, maybe Justin should get invloved. 😆
Right now in the area I live and those bins the clothes from them are going all over the streets!!! 🫣
Ah what a surprise africans
Ah what a surprise racist
@@vampfashions If the shoe fits...
@@vampfashions nothing I said or implied was racist.