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Goodwill Has A Trash Problem. We're The Cause. - NPR
May 06, 2021 48 secs
A broken cat-scratching post poses a problem for Goodwill donation attendant Antonio Semiglia in Westbrook, Maine.

Cars begin lining up outside the Goodwill donation center in Seabrook, N.H., around 10 a.m.

"We hope everyone brings great things that help our programs, but we know some people make some questionable judgments about what is good to donate," explains Heather Steeves, spokesperson for the 30 Goodwill locations in New Hampshire, Maine and Vermont.

Broken glass is among items people donate to Goodwill.

Broken glass is among items people donate to Goodwill.

But resellers like Goodwill don't want to take too hard a line.

The only busier time we have is when Marie Kondo comes out with a new TV show," says Steeves

In the donation line outside the Seabrook location, Ron Davitt pulls up in an SUV crammed with donations

"We have seen comments on our Facebook page recently that are like, 'If you wouldn't give it to your judgmental mother-in-law, don't donate it.' "

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