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[cubanlord]

and yet I do not know where. Around our apartment there 'seems' to be a place where you can 'recycle' your clothing. I would REALLY like to give them to someone or someplace like GOODWILL so that those less fortunate can have some nice clothing.

Does anyone know of a place that takes in used clothing? I must have at least 10 pounds of stuff I need to get rid of (I went on a shopping spree while in the states. Needless to say, I am getting rid of a lot of old stuff now, some of which are REALLY nice).

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.

[VirginIslander]

I dont know about Goodwill in Korea. Perhaps there is something like it. But, hand-me-downs are bad luck in Korea, especially old furniture.

There is a street near my school where furniture stores throw out their unsold or used sofas. Two of my coworkers recently picked up two really nice sofas for free!

I paid $200 for my set.

[Ya-ta Boy]

Most neighborhoods have a bin near the garbage pick-up places for old/used clothing. Ask around the neighborhood...someone will be able to point it out.

[schwa]

There are numerous curbside boxes in every residential neighborhood -- typically wooden with a slot near the top. Those around here get filled & emptied quite regularly.

As I understand it, community groups like the Y sort through the stuff & some goes to needy Korean families & the bulk of it gets shipped to poor countries. Where its meant to be freely distributed but some of it ends up being sold in markets & undermining local industries, but thats another story.

[OiGirl]

You can call the Beautiful Store if you have a lot of stuff and they will come pick it up.

[shifdog]

You're lucky you're in Korea. When I was in Japan there were no outlets to dispose of used goods that were in perfect working order. Apparently Japanese don't want used goods.

It was a shame. I had to throw away tons of furniture in the middle of the night.

[peppermint]

like schwa said, there's lots of boxes around. The ones I saw in Gyeonggi were always metal though, and looked like overgrown mail boxes. They tend to be near elementary schools, and on the first floor of some apartment complexes.

edit, this question comes up a lot, why isn't it a sticky somewhere?

[wo buxihuan hanguoren]

Bigger edit - cubanlord has been here for how long now, and he doesn't know about the green bins for old clothing?

Too much time at home on the net hey, haha.

[mole]

Well, we've got wooden, metal, and green bins.
The ones I've seen and used are large plastic rusty-brown colored bins.

[cubanlord]

[SeoulShakin]

Why not try going to a local church and seeing if they could put the old clothes to use? I'm not sure if churches here do that kind of thing, but it's worth a shot if you don't trust the bins.

[mj roach]

I give mine to one of the older men who push carts around collecting cardboard, etc. He takes it somewhere and sells it and makes some easy money for a change.

[spliff]

ํํํYou can drop your com off over at my place, I won't mind.