30 tons? R u kidding? That's all? I'd think it would be more.
The answer is simple. This was all mommy and daddy's stuff. They didn't pay so they have no respect for the stuff.
If it wasn't mommys and daddy's, it was donated. It was not earned. People who Use their hard earned wages for things do not treat their belongings in such a manner.
Ows ended up the poster child why the democratic ideal of their many free programs "to end poverty" are ineffective and result in a culture of dependency.