Charity Collection Bags - Neverending

[Prudie]

I have just watched an individual come up the path and put the third charity collection bag through my letterbox this week. Normally it's only 2 a week. Does anyone work with any of these charities and can justify why these piles and piles of plastic are put through peoples' letterboxes when most of us just use them as bin liners?

[lankeela]

As you say I use them as bin bags so as far as I am concerned they can keep putting them through my letterbox. Never sure how much is raised for charity from them but they are there for those who do want to recycle clothes and saves it going to landfill.

[gylly]

Stick a note on your front door saying no Charity Bags. Works for me!!

[Gizmonster]

We also use them as bin bags.
We don't get that many, but if we got 2 or 3 a week ..... we'd never have to buy bin bags again .... sorted :)

[pastafreak]

We don't get them here, but I see some of the larger charities are looking for/need donations as they have signs in their windows.

[Prudie]

Did this get moved to this category? It's the first time I've put something in Chatterbank for a very long time and it gets moved??? Might a Mod or the Ed at least have the courtesy to explain?
Why aren't all of the rest of today's CB topics moved into a more relevant subsection?

[novalis]

Here they are like buses, none for a while and then up to four in a week.

[wolf63]

I put things in CB when I suspect that it will go off-subject. It's more of an invitation to a chat or a mini-rant.

I am terrible for going off on a tangent both here and in real life.

[THECORBYLOON]

Is it the same person posting the bags?

If no, how would they know how many you've already had?

[fitdarren]

I don't get that many, but if I get one for an animal charity, I will find stuff for it.

[Tilly2]

Funnily enough, we had one delivered today. We haven't had any for months.

[Prudie]

I don't normally see them being delivered TCL, surely someone knows that my road has been done twice already this week? I'm not exaggerating, I do use them for the cat litter all the time and put some in the recycling but I still have a pile of at least a dozen waiting.

[THECORBYLOON]

There might be different folk delivering them and there might be folk who will donate only to certain charities.

It would be a lot to expect them to mind on who donates let alone which charities they favour.

[Prudie]

I get the scheduling wouldn't make it worth planning - my point is it's such a total waste of plastic. Most of us don't use them properly, which is to fill them up and leave out for collection. I take my charity donations of clothes etc directly to the shop.
Clearly I get more than most, must be because I live on a posh road :-)

[Tilly2]

Well, we live on Skid Row. Perhaps that's why we seldom have bags left. :-)

[Prudie]

I was wondering if the person delivering gets paid some nominal sum?

[Rosie29]

I'm a bit suspicious of the "charities" delivering these bags. They often have names similar to well known charities but slightly different - but containing emotive words such as Children or Cancer etc
I think in some cases the clothes are sold on for recycling or rags and not for charity at all.

[237SJ]

We get them occasionally. The company that collects the clothing or whatever, pays the charity a percentage of the tonnage collected. I phoned one of the charities one time as I wanted to know if it was a scam. They said they received about £2.5K per month from the collections which was a lot for them as they were a small charity.

[douglas9401]

Maybe "charity" collection bags is more accurate.

[Rosie29]

Thanks for BA Prudie x