This super-handy 8-page guide gives names, numbers and locations for organizations taking the most often-donated items: Appliances. Computer Equipment. Electronics. Furniture. Mattresses. Toys. Check it out before you load up the car.
Once you’ve downloaded the Re-Use Guide, check out the rest of this resource-packed website. Learn how to dispose of everything from cooking oil to construction site materials.
Want to know what to do with several boxes of packing peanuts? Or all those bags full of miscellaneous wires? (They’re good for something, right?!?) Head to the front page of earth911.com Type in your zip code and the items you want to recycle. You’ll get a list of donation places near you.
Once you start cleaning things out, you may decide you like it! Check out terracycle.com and see how you can bring your whole community together in a garbage-reducing celebration!
Remember: It’s not what you have, it’s what you do with it. If you’re not doing anything with it, pass it on to someone who can use it!
And if you need help, you know what to do — call me!