Charity shops and clothes recyling bins

Where do you think half the stuff on ebay comes from? I did it myself for a couple of years,used to have a daily route of charity shops that i would visit to find stuff I even had it down to knowing the days when new stock came in so i could beat others to it.

You would be surprised how many people there *used* to be out there in the UK doing this. I say used to because the charity shops have got wise and the things that you used to make money on now cost alot more in the shops than they used to.

The shops in Munich are a massive rip off anyway.

I was after some gear for a local *cough* fancy dress party and it was a bloody fortune, much cheaper to buy off e-bay.

I really missed the US thrift stores (charity shops) when living in Germany. There were lots of really big ones near to where I lived- Salvation Army, Disabled Veterans, etc. They had tons of clothes, furniture, appliances, lights, you name it! And because they would collect for free, you could easily get rid of stuff you no longer needed without feeling like you've wasted it by just throwing it away.

MonksTown, it's good to hear the background story to the charity clothes things. However, it doesn't seem to change the issue that there's no where else appropriate to give your clothes to, is there?

Diakonie in Neuhausen get my recomendation as afaik the DO support people directly with clothing and furniture..and household stuff...and they have a "real" charity shop open to the public at low prices.

MonksTown in nice to church institutiuon shocker!

Weiss Rabe in Landsberge Strasse also, at least for futrniture.

Plenty of oldskool TTers used to get their furniture from there.

I've bought tonnes of stuff at Diakonie, and donated to there too. But as far as I know, it's only furniture and household goods, isn't it?

Katrina has mentioned before on Blutenburgstrasse they have an "upmarket" store for womanr's clothes.
I am 99% sure they give clothes out to the poor and destitute (Thursdays I think).

Perhaps some of the charities working with the homeless in Munich might want clothes too.
Adresses in the back of BISS.

They have clothes as well, at least their shop in Sendling does.

Well, I don't think much that I have can to give away be classed as "upmarket", even stretching the idea somewhat. I'll try phoning Weisse Rabe though.

Yes the Blutenburgstr. store is still there, you can shop, drop off or have your things collected. Actually, I've been in the shop with you showem looking at dirndls
What doesn't make it into that store goes either onto the rail at GebrauchtWarenhaus in the Landsberger (but it is indeed predominantly furniture & household goods) or to the Kleiderkammer. The Kleiderkammer is on the Landsberger, part of the Innere Mission and gives the clothes directly to the needy. My cycle route home from work goes past it (all cycle paths you see, better for the wobbly kneed).

I've just emailed Diakonie to pick up some furniture from my Keller cuz am moving soon will ask about clothes cuz have two bin liners full am sure their website says they take clothes though.

about once a month we get little signs posted outside our block of flat saying a clothing collection will follow in a few days we just have to leave the stuff outside in bags. I always check the notes for which 'charity' the stuff goes to; often it's an East-European-sounding name and a mobile phone number.

would like to know my stuff REALLY goes to needy people that's why am glad to know about Diakonie.

I guess the reason charity shops don't exist as such in Germany is that the people who 'really need it', i.e. on low incomes, can apply for money from the Sozialamt if they need new clothes.

*Laughs* You want to know how much money the Sozialamt pays out, it's about EUR 350 a month plus rent, people on welfare don't live in the lamp of luxury in Munich!

The charities say the whole POINT of charity shops isn't necessarily to enable people on low incomes to buy stuff but to riase money. People on low incomes can often get clothed cheaper at chain stroes than at charity shops.

Anyway, the at-the-door collections are a convenient way of disposing of old clothes. Whether or not its a "foreign" name is irrelevent, clothes donated this way go into the second hand clothes inductry as described above. The flyers do say it is a COMMERCIAL collection. Your old clothes you put out in sacks on the day are NOT going to be donated directly to a needy person.

Uh, you can do that in the US as well. Where do people get the idea that US has no social assistance programs?

€350 plus rent is a hell of a lot more than some people i know have to live off who do NOT get social payments. They should consider themselves lucky. and get a job!

Good point

There is some low pay out there and some very low state pensions but €350 plus rent is the lowest dole level and there are few people on a lower income than that. Homeless, refugees etc.

*Waves at Norman Tebbit, pity you aren't going to the AM's tonight*

It's not as uncommon as you think MT. You can live fairly comfortably on €350,00 per month.

No, you can't be going out for cocktails and expensive meals all the time but you're hardly destitute.

EDIT: unless you mean €350,00 per month per family.

really ?

my bar bill is bigger than that not even counting TT events

Edit : bugger, you edited it and now it sounds reasonable and makes me look the twat i am

That's because you're always buying drinks for those of us who can't afford them oursleves.

To cover ALL your living expenses, long term including clothes and household stuff... ???

But that's another thread...

Yes, including transportation to and from work as well.

Perhaps some people are just used to living more luxurious lifestyles and don't realise it's quite easy to live frugally.

Sorry ER, I don't beleive there is anyone working a regular full time job in Munich taking home just EUR 350 over their rent per month.

Hi,

Does anyone know where you can donate your old clothes in Munich city center?

Thanks,
Dolphin

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there are big doodahs all over the place, where you can chuck them in
they look a bit like the things you recycle your bottles in, except they're a kind of pukey beige colour

Well I don't know about a specific place were you can go and talk to someone to give clothes away, but all around the city there are these metal booths (something like a creamy color) where you can deposit your unwanted clothes and then they are collected by the red cross and distributed to whoever needs them.

You also might often get people leaving collection bags at the front door of your apartment.

Be careful though. Not all of them are run by registered charities, so you might end up giving your clothes to some company that will just sell the good stuff and only send the useless crap on to the people who actually need it.

I have just found a good place to take mens clothes to. The homeless men's home in Pilgersheimer str Untergiesing will accept all second hand mens clothing. If you want to make sure that good second clothes get a new owner who needs them rather than be cut up for scrap material then this is definitely the place to go to. I just went in with the bags and they took them without any hassles, and were incredibly grateful.

Address: Pilgersheimerstr.11 / 81543 München Tel: 089/625020 Fax: 089/6250233 (near Kolumbusplatz U1/2)

Great tip Dame Edna, thanks for that!

Kleidsam also take donations and will collect (or bung them on the doorstep just before they opne like I do). Ladies' clothes only. Best are sold in the store, some go to the Diakonie Kleiderkonto, around the corner in Landshuter Allee, where homeless people may get free clothing. Good place for getting rid of those warm sweaters that have been shown a little too much love.

About to donate some clothes. Here is a list if anyone else is interested .. (last updated in Jan 2006)

Old Clothes - donation containers

What's the best way of getting rid of old clothes. I know sometimes companies come around and pick them up but I always seem to miss that. Does the wertstoffhof accept them. Or are there some recycling bins around.

For the google police googling "altkleid sammlung münchen" or "altkleid" on münchen.de does not return anything useful.

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Don't you have a "altkleider" box anywhere near your place?
Usually you can put them in a plastic bag and dump them in one of those.

Altkleidersammlung or Kleiderspende (they are beige in Munich I think):

There is one hidden away on the corner of Destousches Strasse and Erich-Kästner-Str. not too far from the murder's home, but too far to carry I guess... Just a thought, it's the only one I know in the neighborhood. There may be some on the other side of Karstadt. They seem to put them in quiet residential streets here.

well, the one near my place is yellow.

kleider spende on on münchen.de also produces naught.

I live at Nordbad, if anybody knows of such a bin close to me please tell me.

Destousches Strasse and Erich-Kästner-Str is not too far, thanks DD.

Here's a list:

well, this topic is in Life in Munich, although it's proabably a Germany-wide thing...

a colleague of mine, an American, who has been in Germany for 10 years, said never to put your clothes in those clothes containers cause they end up in a shredder used to making cheap upholstery. i'm constantly putting my old, but good, clothes in those containers. so there is no guarantee where our clothes go? I do miss Goodwill or Salvation Army.

Does anyone know where to dump old clothes? Is there a list of the places where to dump them? I have seen some beside bottle recycling bins but I am nor sure where!

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Are there any charity shops or organisations that would collect kids and adult clothes, kids toys, bric-a brac from me? After reading the thread, I'm not sure about the clothing bins. A lot of the stuff is good and I would rather know someone got the use out of it without some Co. getting financial gain.

Also someone suggested selling the stuff as flohmarkt lots and getting rid of it that way.

I'm just wondering if anyone knows where I can leave items for people in need. In Australia there are large bins for this type of thing (Salvation Army etc.) but I haven't seen anything like that in Munich.

Any ideas?

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Okay ... thanks for moving the post. I had done a search but obviously didn't use the correct search terms!

Hi,
After moving into our new flat we've got a big bag of clothes to give away, ideally to charity. In the UK and France we found these charity institutions easy to find, but here..
Anyone having an idea about where to go in Haidhausen?
Thanks a lot,
Marieke

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If you'd have done a search for 'charity clothes', you would have found this thread with information on how and where to donate clothes around Munich including a list sorted by area.

there is a large church on Brezlauerstr (I think- its near Orleans pl) they have a KleiderSpender box out front, they take clothes for the charities.
Most Churches have one of these large white bins.

Anyone know of a clothes bin near muffathalle/deutsches museum?

I'm enjoying the "Don't put your clothes in a Red Cross bin because..." legends. Keep them coming.

Cracking up over here,
FF

hi everyone!
i've been doing some cleaning and have clothes to donate, found this post, and then the BRK site. figured i would repost the updated list of container locations to make it easier for those who want to donate this season.

Nr. Ort Strafle Bezeichnung
196 Allach Oertelplatz 4 S-Bahnhof
734 Aying Am Bahnhof
2442 Aying Am Bahnhof
212 Berg am Laim Hachinger Bachstr.25 Michaeli Gymnasium
430 Berg am Laim Annabrunnerstr.
154 Blumenau Blumenauerstr.11 Volksschule
138 Bogenhausen Buschingstr.26 neben Glascontainer
139 Bogenhausen Buschingstr.47 am Trafohaus
140 Bogenhausen Stuntzstr.17 neben Depotcontainer
2002 Bogenhausen Stuntzstr.17
176 Deisenhofen Gr¸nwalderweg 66 RKH
1988 Deisenhofen Gr¸nwalderweg 66
133 Fasanerie Schnepfenweg/Pappelallee
178 Feldkirchen Kapellenstr. am Wertstoffcont.
1986 Feldkirchen Kapellenstr.
208 Gern Reinmarplatz 12 W.-L¸bke Haus
180 Grofldingharting Gemeindefriedhof am Glascontainer
181 Gr¸nwald Torbruckstr. Wertstoffhof
1913 Gr¸nwald Torbruckstr.
2081 Gr¸nwald Torbruckstr.
2087 Gr¸nwald Torbruckstr.
423 Haar Waldstr.9
183 Heimstetten Hauptstr. Wertstoffcontainer
1984 Heimstetten Hauptstr.
150 Kieferngarten Bauernfeindstr.15 RK-Seniorenheim
195 Kieferngarten Kˆgelsbergerstr.23 Postamt 454
1970 Kieferngarten Kˆgelsbergerstr.23
185 Kirchheim Ludwigstr. Wertstoffcontainer
1983 Kirchheim Ludwigstr.
186 Kirchheim Florianstr. Bauhof
156 Kleinhadern Gelbhofstr.14 KATRA-SM
2151 Kleinhadern Gelbhofstr.14
451 Kreuzhof Kistlerhofstr. Mimimal
2207 Milbertshofen Freiligrathstr. Gymnasium
129 Moosach Am Neubruch 23 Containerplatz
482 Moosach Sapporobogen Parkharfe Block 5
520 Moosach Sapporobogen Parkharfe Block 2
2337 Moosach Sapporobogen Parkharfe Block 2
158 Neuaubing Wiesentfelser Str.70 Stadtsparkasse
1979 Neuaubing Wiesentfelser Str.70
1980 Neuaubing Wiesentfelser Str.70
2339 Neuaubing Wiesentfelser Str.70
2340 Neuaubing Wiesentfelser Str.70
44 Neuhadern Guardinistr.44
437 Neuhadern Guardinistr.44
438 Neuhadern Gr‰felfingerstr.66
146 Neuperlach Max Reinhard Weg 25 H.-Heine Gymnasium
1977 Neuperlach Max Reinhard Weg 25
639 Neuperlach Schuhmacherring 26 Rotkreuzhaus
160 Neuried Haderner Winkel Wertstoffcontainer
161 Neuried Ammerseestr. Haus 2/4 Wertstoffcontainer
162 Neuried Ettalerstr.
163 Neuried Gautinger Str. Wertstoffcontainer
164 Neuried Starnberger Str. Wertstoffcontainer
418 Neuried Dr.Rehm Str. Gr¸nanlage
2470 Neuried Dr.Rehm Str.
419 Neuried Forstenrieder Str. Tankstelle
988 Neuried Lindenstr. Wertstoffcontainer
2468 Neuried Starnberger Str.
189 Oberschleiflheim Eigenheim Str.1 BRK-Haus
189 Oberschleiflheim Eigenheim Str.1 BRK-Haus
2282 Obersendling Tˆlzer Str. 5
442 Ottobrunn Hugo Junke Str. EADS
166 Pasing Th.Storm Str.12 BRK-Haus
167 Pasing Am Stadtpark 21 Karlsgymnasium
168 Pasing Georg Habel Str.49 Wertstoffplatz
372 Pasing Ebenbˆck Str.27
2356 Pasing Am Stadtpark 21
169 Planegg Germeringer Str.8a BRK-Haus
2472 Planegg Germeringer Str.8a
144 Ramersdorf Rosenheimer Str.126 Altenheim,St Maria
123 Schwabing R¸mann Str.60 Altenheim
125 Schwabing Freystr. / PPL M¸nchner Freiheit
127 Schwabing Lerchenauer Str. PP Eissportstadion
424 Schwabing Rossini Str.12 im Hof
539 Schwabing Biedersteiner Str.29 Dermatolog. Klinik
638 Schwabing Prinzregenten Str.
425 Schwabing Gˆrrestr./Winzerstr.9 Bay.Staasministerium
1971 Schwabing Gˆrrestr./Winzerstr.9
2099 Schwabing Gˆrrestr./Winzerstr.9
2273 Schwabing Gˆrrestr./Winzerstr.9
2338 Schwabing Gˆrrestr./Winzerstr.10
2362 Schwabing Freystr. / PPL M¸nchner Freiheit
192 Strasslach Frankenstrasse Containerplatz Feuerwehr
1152 Strasslach Frankenstrasse
373 Thalkirchen Maria Einsiedel Str. BRK-Parkplatz
374 Thalkirchen Alemannenstr. Parkplatz
427 Thalkirchen Schˆnstr.81
440 Unterhaching M¸nchner Str.16 Rotkreuzhaus
1981 Unterhaching M¸nchner Str.16
1982 Unterhaching M¸nchner Str.16
130 Untermenzing Haldenberger Str.27 Hauptschule
194 Unterschleiflheim Carl von Linde Str.32 Parkplatz
483 Unterschleiflheim Hollener/Ingoldst‰tter Str. Hotel Alarun
191 Untersendling Friedrich Hebbel Str.12
320 Untersendling Johann Clanze Str.70
435 Untersendling Heiterwanger Str.48-56
436 Untersendling Klingerstr. 25
2168 Westend Siegenburgerstr. gegen¸ber Parkplatz/Rudi-Sedlmaier-Halle
174 Zentrum Hansastr. Parkplatz
1181 Zentrum Dachauer Str.2 Parkplatz