20+ Decluttered Items Not To Be Trashed--and Alternatives...
Decluttering your spaces is a whale of a decision-making "fiesta". As an organizer, I find it a pleasant kind of challenge, but that's beside the point. The big deal about all that decision making, however, is that you're left with a hefty pile of things to be dealt with in one of several ways: keep them, give them away, sell them, or trash them. And trashing them can often be quite a puzzle and cause some real angst. Fortunately, there are some great options for many of these items, and I'm giving a big shout out to AARP for a recent article they published about this topic (they publish some really great material on downsizing , pertinent to the decluttering process whether you're moving households or not!). The November 2022 AARP bulletin included "How Do I Get Rid of This? A handy guide for disposing of those items that shouldn't go in the trash". Sadly, it is not available on their Bulletin website, but it is a ve...