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General Forum - What`s with all these charity collection bags? - Page 1
Elite
Now, I consider myself a charitable sort of person: donating a few quid per month to my chosen charities, dropping the odd bag load off at the local Cancer Hospice, and filling a door step collection bag or two now and then, but how much bric a brac do these charity orginisations think we have?
Yesterday, I counted 42 unused door step collection bags in a box we keep for plastic bags, of which, 6 of them were received in the last fortnight.
At least I'll never want for a bin liner...
Live a life you love, use a god you trust, and don't take it all too seriously
posted by smurfette on Friday, 15th January 2010, 13:17
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I don't use them as bin liners for fear of causing confusion on bin day (we don't have wheelie bins here yet)
So I just chuck them back onto the doorstep, to accumulate with the red rubber bands dropped by the postmen...then once in a while I pick them all up and start afresh. 
posted by xfg on Friday, 15th January 2010, 13:49
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They're hardly ever *charity* collection bags. Usually they *say* it's for charity, but if you read the leaflet they are registered companies not charities, and they actually sell the clothing and claim to donate "a percentage" to charity.
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I don't use them as bin liners for fear of causing confusion on bin day (we don't have wheelie bins here yet)
So between your kitchen and bin day, where do the full bags go? Do you actually have to leave bags at the kerbside? What about cats and foxes? Or do you have the old-style bins still?
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posted by smurfette on Friday, 15th January 2010, 14:53
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Our bags go outside, yes, but they don't contain anything of interest to foxes or cats, except when we have a roast chicken and there's a carcass. We compost all our left over food, or give it to the chickens, and we take all our paper, tins and bottles to the local recycling bank. So all that's in our bags is packaging - plastic and cardboard!
posted by Ryno_Dod on Friday, 15th January 2010, 17:56
Elite
I got a bag from help the aged but my gran wouldnt get in it 
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posted by smurfette on Friday, 15th January 2010, 18:00
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See, that's why I love it here. 
posted by Ryno_Dod on Friday, 15th January 2010, 18:04
Elite
Blimey how did you get out of the bag gran !!!!
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posted by Juls on Friday, 15th January 2010, 18:07
Elite
They made good 'sledges' last week
Juls
posted by marksparks999 on Friday, 15th January 2010, 19:05
Elite
dont get them here... tried to give a charity shop over 1000 vhs videos today, they said didnt want them! Looks like another hole in the ground will get filled tomorrow!
'i am going to live forever or die trying' 
posted by hunsbury0 on Friday, 15th January 2010, 20:13
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marksparks999
Try feecycle, somebody may take it off you.
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