Who would want it you wonder?

It's amazing. But it really is true: One man's trash is another man's treasure!

You might think "No one would want this!" But chances are there is someone out there willing to take just about any item off your hands and save it from the landfill. That's a good thing because we can use that space for beautiful things like flowers, trees and funny looking weeds!

Did you know you could swap books online? Your local library takes old reading glasses? You can set up a textbook recycle at your college?

So, next time you are looking to lighten your load, check our list of places and it will be a simple task to hand that stuff over.

What to do with your unwanted items:

Sell it:

• Online Places like Ebay, Etsy, Amazon
• Bring it to a Consignment Shop
• Have a Yard Sale, trunk sale, garage sale (see our best yard sale tips ever!)
• Textbooks back to the school bookstore

Give it Away!

You would be surprised--you can give kids books and toys away to school, donate eyeglasses, books, CD's and videos to a library fundraiser, you can even give away to a recycle artist. Find a solution here:

To Recycle General Items:

• Offer to Friends, and Neighbors
• To Nonprofit Oragnizations such as Goodwill, Salvation Army, Amvets
• Find a Local Thrift Shop near you. Maybe find one that donates to your favorite cause. You can look it up online or in your phone directory
• To Hospitals and Churches often have thrift shops
• To Homeless Shelters, Family Shelters
• To Libraries for their book sales (Libraries sometimes take Glasses, CD's, Videos)
• Donate to a school for their holiday fair or yard sale (Some schools have sports equipment swap)
• Through places online Freecycle.org or Craigslist.com,
• Your town Recycle Center

To Recycle Specific Items:

• Donate Toys and Kids books to a Preschool or Daycare (maybe even your child's!)
• Cell phones and ink, laser cartridges to a School Fundrasing program like FundingFactory
• Computers to Schools at worldcomputerexchange.org
• Cars to Non profits such as kidneycars.org, carsforhomes.org, worldvision.org
• Eyeglasses to Non Profits such as lionsclubs.org, neweyesfortheneedy.org
• Electronics to Local Ratailer Recycle Reclaim Programs such as: AT&T Reuse and Recycle,Best Buy,Dell,Hewlett-Packard, Intel,LG Electronics, Motorola,Samsung, ETC.

Swap It!

• Online Swap Sites: Bookins.com, Bookmooch.com, Frugal reader.com, Paperbackswap.com, Readitswapit.com(UK) , We Swap.com (UK), Mom's Swap/Buy (facebook)
• Town Swaps (some towns have these annually)
• Swap Meets
• To your local transfer station Swap Shop (Each town is different some take almost anything, some limit it t specific items)

Make sure the organization is legit!

*We suggest you Do a background check on any charity at Charitynavigator.org or Charitywatch.org, Also make sure it is registered with the IRS as a 501c(3) tax-exempt organization (go to irs.gov/eo, or call 877-829-5500

We are sure you can think of many other home saving, earth friendly ideas!

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