Planning To Donate? Items Goodwill Stores In New Jersey Won’t Accept

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There's a Goodwill store not far from where I live, but before I headed over I wanted to make sure everything I was bringing they could use and wanted.

Items Goodwill Stores In New Jersey Won't Accept

Turns out there's a list of items Goodwill can not accept due to safety and storage reasons.

Those encyclopedias you've been storing in your attic because you simply don't use them anymore, Goodwill doesn't want them either!

If you're looking to get rid of an old swingset, that's also something Goodwill is not interested in.

You can look through the list of things they'll pass on so you know before you go what Goodwill stores can use and what they can't use.

You can also click on this link to find a list of items they accept as donations.