Goodwill throws lots of stuff away

A goodwill thrift store in Mankato that actually has a compactor for all the stuff they throw away.. and their back room has big trash cans for their waste.

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• compactor
• thrift
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• goodwill
• trash
• garbage
• Mankato
• waste

[thebludshed]

the sign says wrct thrift store. thats not even a Goodwill

[Shane1163]

actually, it says MRCI Thrift Shop, and yes the money does go to some good cause.

[kubotaman2004]

I work at a Goodwill..We throw alot of stuff away because the item is either broken,stained or non working....believe it or not but our Goodwill Industries of North Central Pensylvania District spends over $80,000 in garbage removal each year! Thats because people drop off crappy items that cannot be resold in the store

[Shane1163]

I was just at that thrift store again on Saturday, they were out there working, and I got to see inside the compactor and it was all full of stuff they've thrown away and they put a trash can on that tipper to dump more in. They were just chucking out all kinds of stuff. I'm sure a lot of good stuff too.

[gtpmike2000]

hey thats cool to it has the cart tipper on the compactor

[Shane1163]

ya it looks like it's just one they can roll up to it and away when they switch compactors. In their back room they have a bunch of big blue trash cans, like the residential ones, and they just throw all their stuff in there, when it's full they wheel it out and dump in the compactor with the tipper attachment.

[geoguiver]

We recycle over 135 million pounds of stuff a year that keeps it out of the landfill. Yes, we throw a lot of stuff away. On average, we price and put out about 50% of our donations and sell roughly 35% of that. The rest goes to our clearance center. Clothing that doesn't sell there goes to companies that sell it to third world countries.

Yes, we don't pay for donations, but we pay people to process it (they are not volunteers), people to work the store.

You sound like an ex-employee

[vivitar45]

hate these dumster can't pick from them

[Leamusic21]

@vivitar45 Use spell-check.

[lisamborders]

I know the Goodwill in my area does throw out a LOT of usable items! I worked right next door to the store and saw so many nice items being thrown out it was crazy! Some of the people that worked there would just toss big loads of stuff in the dumpsters towards the end of the day! Also knew people that would dumpster dive there and ALWAYS found good stuff! I don't know why the throw usable items out but they do.

[possibrakestand350]

@Shane1163 are you fuckin dumb. i work at one too and kubotaman2004 is right. your seriously gonna argue with someone that works at a fuckin goodwill. they throw away junky stained items. not good material.

[grettagrids]

@kubotaman2004 better they throw it out then sell junk:) been to a few godwills and bought nice things

[WCGwkf]

a lot of places have compactors... everyone makes a lot of waste

[DUBtheTIGER]

@Shane1163 ummm y would they just throw out good stuff? If they were gonna, I think theyd just take it themselves. I worked at a Goodwill as well and everything I saw go into the compactor was broken damaged or stained. When we had too many donations, clothes were pressed into these awesome 2-ton cubes and given to other stores who were low on donations. And yea, ppl drop off garbage all the time, often illegally n it sux. WE DONT WANT UR DIRTY PISS-STAINED COUCH IN FRONT OF OUR STORE.

[EyesofNeurosis]

Why is this not more known? Everyone needs to let everyone they know about this, put Goodwill out of business.

[420chillaxin]

@chanelgia , yeah tell me about it, i work at one in mo, By far the shadiest, unprofessional, dishonest  company i've ever worked for. I,ve been there for 3 years now. no raise, The money generated by your donations do NOT go to help thoise in need, it goes to line the pockets of the ceo,s in corporate. Not to mention they treat their employees like total shit.. no lie. noit a charity, its a total scam!

[2cruiz4vr]

The drive-by compactor. Could have been from anywhere. Weird video.