Goodwill Manasota Boosts Recycling Efforts
Coconut Telegraph
SRQ DAILY
SATURDAY MAR 3, 2018 |
In 2017, thanks to its donated goods retail operation, numerous salvage partnerships and recycling efforts, Goodwill Manasota helped to divert more than 41.2 million pounds from area landfills. This is more than a million pounds over its 2016 total of 40 million. The majority of items Goodwill keeps out of the trash results from goods donated from the community – clothing, furniture, books, artwork, electronics, housewares, etc. that are sold in its retail stores. The nonprofit also partners with numerous area companies, including Junk King Sarasota, Electronic Recycling Center, Greencycle, Rolloff Express, Symphony Salvage, Thrift Books, and various clothing and electronics stores, thrift shops and bookstores for salvage, recycling and resale purposes. Goodwill sells materials that cannot be moved through its retail operations on the secondary market. The resale, recycling and salvage operations not only keep millions of pounds of junk out of landfills, they also generate additional revenue for Goodwill and its partners.
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