Over that time, partnerships with 14 different luxury hotels in the Seoul metropolitan area have seen 120,000 used furniture items get donated
Source: 14 Luxury Hotels Are Donating Outdated Furniture to Low-Income Families in Need
A very cool idea.
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Steve says
This story brings to mind the piles and piles of furniture and appliances seen discarded alongside the roads in hurricane-stricken areas. It ‘almost looks as though residents use the storm as an excuse to throw out their older furniture in hopes of getting new and better things paid for by their insurance or by we taxpayers through FEMA (for those without Trump signs in their yard).
It’s a shame there isn’t a reclamation project that would collect said ‘things’, weed out the beyond-repair items, and distribute usable items to people who need them.