The collections are always said to be for the purpose of extending use and alleviating the burden on the environment. Housewives wanting to do a good deed, faced by a number of organizations with a variety of aims and attitudes, believe they are making a donation to an orphanage or old people's home or some such beneficial organization.
說是「回收」，總要延續利用，減少環境負擔；面對各種名目不同、心態互異的「回收團體」，主婦們多半只當「功德」一件，相信它們是捐給了孤兒院、養老院之類的慈善機構了。