e-News September 2015

        

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Conference Update
The Rage Trade: how charities transform the clothes we throw away
Charity bin rethink forced by looters and dumpers
Amazing donations
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Hello 

 

Welcome to the latest NACRO e-News. 
 

In this edition we share a sample of recent media articles helping to promote community awareness of the challenges faced by charity recyclers and the impact these have on the charities financially as well as the personal toll on staff and volunteers.


The article in The Monthly by writer Delia Falconer is a particularly good read, shedding excellent incite into the innovation and ingenuity of NACRO members to generate income from unsaleable donations. 

 

In this issue, we release the Official Program for next month's NACRO National Conference. This two day conference is jam packed with speakers and topics of interest and value to everyone involved in, or with an interest in, charitable recycling.


I hope you find this e-news of interest and look forward to welcoming you to the conference in Geelong next month.  

 

Kerryn Caulfield, CEO NACRO

2015 NACRO National Conference: Official Program now available
 

We are delighted to release the official program for the upcoming 2015 NACRO Annual Conference.

With some 20 speakers on a diverse range of topics of relevance and interest to the charitable recycling sector, the conference promises to be a rewarding and stimulating platform to review the opportunities offered by new and emerging trends and technologies and to share knowledge and experiences with colleagues and professionals from government, academia, social service agencies, environmental activist organisations, recycling technology, business and volunteer management.  

The conference is attracting keen interest with delegates coming to Geelong from national, state and local community charity recycling organisations from across the country. For those of you who have not yet registered, we urge you to do so as soon as possible, to assist the organisation of the conference. 

You can view and download the official program at this link...  

For the full list of speakers visit this link on the NACRO website ...
 
Register online here  or by downloading the conference registration form at this link  

More information is available on the conference website ...

The Rag Trade: How charities transform the clothes we throw away  
In an excellent article, writer Delia Falconer tells the fascinating story of the work of Australian charity 
recyclers and the ingenuity that goes into transforming the clothes people throw away into income for charitable works.  

Published in The Monthly current affairs business and finance magazine, the article acknowledges the innovation charity recyclers are applying today to maximise the conversion of unsaleable donations. 

Read the full article at this link ...




Charity bin rethink forced by looters and dumpers 
Theft of quality items and continual streams of rubbish dumped at their donation sites is leading St Vincent de Paul in South
Charity bin abuse at  a Vinnies Adelaide site - Source 891 ABC Adelaide: Spence Denny
Australia to investigate removing charity bins permanently.

St Vincent de Paul CEO David Wark recently told 891 ABC Adelaide's Breakfast program that illegal dumping at the organisation's sites was costing the charity more than $150,000 per year to remove.

Mr Wark said St Vincent de Paul was looking for alternatives to the charity bins because items left beside bins over the weekend were frequently either stolen or unusable by the time they were collected during the week.

Amazing donations
A recent article in the Brisbane Courier Mail also highlights the willingness of the media to promote community
Used dentures: just one example of the disgusting items dumped on charity op shops. Source: The Courier Mail.
awareness of the callous and appalling behaviour of people who dump rubbish on charities.  

The article headed "Queensland charities reveal the strangest and most disgusting donations they've received"  lists the most remarkable and repugnant donations received in recent timers by the state's Salvos Stores, St Vincent de Paul and Australian Red Cross.  In  particular the article gives readers an insight into the impact such unacceptable behaviour has on the volunteers and staff of the charity op shops.

As journalist Ruth McCocker notes: "Adult toys, prosthetic limbs and dead animals are not typically passed on second hand to neighbours or friends. Yet these and other more obscure items are dumped in Queensland charity bins."  Read more ...