Catalog Shoppers to the Rescue!

Todd Sutton visited Goodwill recently to find out what thrift stores do with all of those unwanted clothes.

From a donator?s stand point, most of us heave a huge sigh of relief after a thrift store clothing drop for three solid reasons:

1. Freedom! Goodbye sweater the color of vomit and pants that torture you with their miniscule size.

2. Landfill Monster: The last thing the landfill beast needs is more of anything.

3. Guilty Secret: You now have room for new stuff.

Fear not consumers-if you get your shopping fix from catalogs, here?s some interesting news from the Direct Marketing Association. According to one of the trade organization?s recent marketing pieces, shopping through a catalog saves time, money and carbon emissions!

If Americans replaced two shopping trips to the mall each year by using mail order catalogs, collectively we would:

- Save $490 million on gas costs

- Eliminate time spent driving 3.3 billion miles

- Reduce carbon dioxide emissions by three billion pounds

But what about those catalogs you definitely don?t want? GreenDimes can help. They?ll actually pay you a buck and reduce your junk mail?including catalogs?by up to 90%.

This post was inspired by G Word..