I'm Stephanie Safarian and this is episode 105.

You are listening to the Sustainable Minimalist Podcast, a show about living simply and sustainably with your family.

Here's your host, Stephanie Safarian.

Hello there and welcome back.

On today's show we are discussing exactly what happens

when you drop off something at goodwill or another donation center.

So we've all done it, right?

We've left a box of stuff with the clerk at goodwill. We have the best in time. of the

box of stuff with the clerk at goodwill. We have the best intentions for that box of stuff.

We just expect that it's going to fall into the hands of

someone who's looking exactly for what we're giving away, right?

We all do it.

We all have the best intentions for our donations.

We're taking the step to donate them instead of trash these things so right off the bat we

think we're doing the right thing but are we what actually happens to our

stuff and what is the probability that our stuff falls into

worthy recipients hands. On today's show I am talking with journalist and author Adam Minter.

Adam Minter's recently published book titled Second Hand

travels in the New global garage sale,

takes a deep dive into what happens to stuff that is donated.

Where does it really go?

How much goes straight to the landfill.

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