Have A Good De-Junk To Pass On Your Supplies!
I know it’s not Spring – but have a good clean out to get your home eco friendly!
We all hoard things. Whether it is in the cupboard under the stairs, the garage or in the spare room! So why not release your unwanted items into the world where other people need them!
What use is that tub of old paint, or that bag of clothes you don’t wear? They aren’t doing anything hidden away in boxes and bags – so get them out into the world where other people can use them rather than buying things new!
How Do I Get Rid Of The Old Items?
Well, it depends on whether you want to give them away for free, or whether you want some money for them.
If it’s free you are after then there are plenty of options starting with your own local amenity site. They are usually affiliated with a local recycling firm that takes away your furniture and electrical goods and them sells them at a reduced price to local people or people who are on a tight budget!
There are also many websites like FreeCycle that allow you to list anything you no longer want so that other people can come around to your house and collect them. So it saves you a drive to the tip!
Most charity stores will take clothes and shoes as will the ‘Charity Bins’ at Superstores and some Retail Parks. They can be quite fussy about electrical goods and damaged goods though.
If you want some cash for your goods then there are jumble sales, carboot or garage sales – or you can list the better items on sites like e-bay, from old toys to RV’s! Virtually everything sells these days – and the buyers pays the postage too!
What Next?
Well, there will be things that can’t be used by others – like old paperwork and broken pots, torn books and tatty magazines. So you need to thin them out into 4 groups:
1) Important documents and personal paperwork that you need to shred
2) Things that you think will be useful in the next few months or pictures for scrap-booking
3) Things that you can recycle
4) Things that you can only throw away
Not only will sorting things out give you more space at home and probably a few extra pennies in your pocket – but it will allow you to make room for the things that matter.
Like those recycling bins in the kitchen, the do-it-yourself corner where you can make and mend things, the kids can cut out magazines and paint pictures and you can feel good about having passed a few things on in the world – keeping the goods moving rather than creating demand for new ones!
Happy sorting!