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Is there anywhere that takes old duvets?
I was thinking about a disaster charity, or homeless shelter, or even an animal shelter
Any ideas?
We tried a few weeks ago (Bath area), but no-one would take them. If they bothered to respond at all they just said no thanks, and if pushed I think one or two cited hygiene reasons for refusing them... They weren't even particularly old or tired (we just had too many after pooling our resources) and we ended up redistributing them among family as spares, but that's only putting off the inevitable disposal, I think.
Disaster charities prefer money to buy new in bulk, apparently. To be fair it would be a logistical nightmare trying to sort through random donations and ship them in.
We didn't try animal shelters, so that might be your best bet.
Try freecycle
We use our old ones for the dog or packing bikes in the car.
My mother recently took a load old duvets/ pillows/ rugs ect to a pet rescue place, they were apparently pretty grateful for it all!
We dropped two off yesterday, think it was Age UK. First girl in shop said no, other said yes they take them.