That’s why I said “that I’d feel bad throwing away”.

The stages for high end go like this: sent to “goodwill boutique” and/or listed online. Sent to cheaper local goodwill with markdown. Added to cheap-item-Sunday (for ones that still do that). Sent to bulk outlet (where people fill a bag and pay one price for entire bag or by the pound). Finally, recyclers

So they don’t block it so much as delay I suppose. But they’ve gotten good at regionalizing their processes