In Tallahassee, Florida - home to FSU (Florida State University) and FAMU (Florida A&M University) - Goodwill Industries is showing a creativity that can benefit all involved. As students are vacating apartments and dorms - and making room for next semester's students, Goodwill has decided that they can claim unwanted and discrded items for resale while saving the collection costs associated with overflowing dumpsters and the additional impact on the landfill.
Students get to pass along items they no longer need as a charity donation (just the act, not for tax reasons), the charity is able to have merchandise for their retail stores, and much of the waste is simply avoided.
This is a very creative way to deal with this continuing issue - and a way for students to pay it forward.
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Great Idea. GOod for Goodwill. Hopefully this will catch on at other Goodwill locations.
Nice idea. I am sure the students don't care about the donation.
Dale,
It's a great idea. :)
Steve
Gary,
Some will feel good about helping. For others, just show them which receptacle to use. :)
Steve