need declutter help

[nikki2]

Last week I cleaned out my shoe closet. These leather boots I had not worn for years (very uncomfy, they look like straight cylinders from the foot to the knee, no curves ):
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My hubby said that old shoes/especially old boots contain a lot of bacterias, maybe fungus . They are gross stuff and belong in the garbage and NOT in the donation bag. I´m not sure . I know "one womans trash, is another womans treasure" but I don´t want to make extra work for people who are voluteering their time. So my question is:
Donation bag or are these uncomfy old boots just plain gross trash which belong in the regular garbage bag together with other non-recycable litter like dirt, tissues, food scraps...?

[jimmie 48]

Re: need declutter help

donate them

if someone wants to wear your donated boots, it can be entirely up to them to take the chances of bacteria and/or fungus. lots of people buy second hand shoes everyday from goodwill stores and such.