Donating’s Dark Side: Where Do Goodwill Donations Go?
Ever wondered where Goodwill donations really go?
Our society craves what’s shiny and what’s new. We toss broken stuff without bothering to repair it; we donate perfectly good stuff to make room in our homes for newer, sleeker models, too.
Between 1967 and 2017, the amount Americans spent annually on stuff increased nearly twenty-fold. And while some items will be recycled into new goods or given to others in need, the vast majority of our unwanted stuff is destined for landfills.
Today I’m interviewing Adam Minter, journalist and author of the new book, Secondhand: Adventures in the New Global Garage Sale.
Adam pulls back the curtain on where our Goodwill donations actually go; he raises some big points about the dark side of consumerism, too.
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