50 Things You Can Let Go of Now
What You Can Discard |
How to Dispose of |
| 1. Appliance manuals | Recycle
Access at www.manualsonline.com |
| 2. Art/wall décor that you are storing, because (fill in the blank) | Sell or donate |
| 3. Books that are falling apart | Will you read it again? Recycle |
| 4. Broken (anything) | Will you fix it? Donate or toss |
| 5. Business cards | Scan or enter into your digital database |
| 6. Clothes that need mending | Will you mend it? Donate |
| 7. Clothes with stains | Will you wear it? Toss |
| 8. Clothes you have never worn | Will you ever wear it?
Sell, consign, donate |
| 9. Cookbooks you never use | Donate to the library for a book sale |
| 10. Disposable cameras | Donate to a school |
| 11. Duplicates of anything you only need one of | Sell or donate |
| 12. DVD Movies you don’t watch | Sell or donate |
| 13. Expired food | Ask a food bank if they need it or toss |
| 14. Expired makeup | Don’t risk infection, toss |
| 15. Expired Medication | Metro |
| 16. Filled coloring books | Recycle or toss |
| 17. Furniture you are storing, because (fill in the blank) | Sell, consign, or donate |
| 18. Games, puzzles, or anything with missing pieces | Donate or toss |
| 19. Instruments nobody is playing | Donate to a school |
| 20. Last year’s calendar | Recycle or toss |
| 21. Last year’s holiday cards | Recycle or toss |
| 22. Lightbulbs that don’t go to any lamp you own | Donate |
| 23. Makeup samples | Donate to a women’s shelter |
| 24. Magazines over a year old | Recycle |
| 25. Maps | Recycle or toss |
| 26. Old chargers and cables | Donate or Best Buy will recycle |
| 27. Old formal wear | Sell or donate |
| 28. Old eyeglasses | Ask your eye doctor if they can donate |
| 29. Old Halloween costumes | Sell or donate |
| 30. Old vehicle license plate | Cut and metal recycle or
return to a DMV |
| 31. Old paint | Take to Metro for recycling |
| 32. Old remote controls | Best Buy to recycle |
| 33. Old shoes | Donate or |
| 34. Old spices | Toss |
| 35. Old toys | Sell or donate |
| 36. Plastic storage bins with a lid or lid without a bin | Recycle or toss |
| 37. Receipts | Shred or recycle |
| 38. Rocks | Return to the Earth |
| 39. Rubber bands that have lost their elasticity | Toss |
| 40. Socks without a mate | Toss |
| 41. Specialized appliances you use once a year | Sell or donate |
| 42. Stale potpourri | Toss |
| 43. Take out menus | Recycle |
| 44. Take-out condiments | Toss |
| 45. Too-small kids’ clothing | Sell, consign, or donate |
| 46. Travel mugs without lids or lids without mugs | Donate |
| 47. Unidentifiable frozen object in your freezer | Toss |
| 48. Unidentifiable keys | Toss |
| 49. Wire hangers | Recycle at your dry cleaner |
| 50. Writing instruments that are dried up |
Toss |
What else can you think of that you can let go of right now? Post below.