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Some items donated to Goodwill Northern New England’s Auburn store are bound for the trash: aerosol cans, a bunny with a smashed face, a broken laundry basket and a used, zebra-print thong. The nonprofit is asking people to check the list of welcome donations before they give after a spike in its trash bill last year regionwide.
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AUBURN — Keep your used thong underwear and broken couches to yourself, please.
Goodwill Northern New England, with 17 of its 30 stores in Maine, is looking at a trash bill of more than $1.2 million for the past 12 months as a result of people donating unusable items in what the nonprofit believes are largely good but misguided intentions.