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Company fills a need, says <br />spokesperson, by <br />recycling and reselling <br />clothes that would . <br />otherwise end up in.a landfill <br />USAgain donation boxes <br />showed up this past year in <br />Frederic, puzzling some would- <br />be donors who have wondered <br />where their donations end up. - <br />Photo by Gary King <br />b y Gary King <br />.,eacler editor <br />FREDERIC - Some would-be <br />donors have been stymied by the <br />large red clo hing collection boxes <br />that appeared this past year in the vil- <br />lage. <br />There's one at a convenience store <br />on Hwy 35 an' another at the grocery <br />store on Main Street <br />A sign on the boxes says, 'Let your <br />used clothing ,Yet a second life and be <br />reused - that n lakes good Sense!" <br />Another say 3, "We are a conimercial <br />company (long something good. for <br />the environrn€ nt." <br />Yet another claims, "We cooperate <br />with schools, nonprofits, city recy- <br />cling prograir s and local businesses <br />to bring this recycling option to your <br />community." <br />So where do the clothes and shoes <br />placed in the oxes end up? <br />Not here. bind likely not in the <br />United States. <br />In fact the JSAgain (pronounced <br />'use again') cc mpany is not a charity <br />but a clothing- recycling business that <br />sells the bulk - if these donated items <br />Soo Donation boxes, page 3 <br />