This is my entry for today’s prompt in Junk Journal July. Find all the prompts on Instagram or YouTube @megjournals if you would like to craft along.
Most charities with thrift stores will take clothes, small household appliances and housewares, toys, small furniture, and some will pick up larger furniture. What do you do with the other stuff?
- Donating books: https://www.rd.com/list/donate-used-books/
- Prescription eyeglasses: https://www.nvisioncenters.com/glasses/ways-places-to-donate/
- Appliances and construction materials: https://www.habitat.org/restores/donate-goods
- Furniture: https://furniturebanks.org
Give away anything
- https://freecycle.org
- craigslist.org > your city > for sale > free This is like magic. We’ve given away the weirdest stuff, and always in under 2 hours.
Holding a garage sale
- https://www.thepennyhoarder.com/make-money/garage-sale-tips/
- https://www.kindafrugal.com/garage-sale-hacks/
It’s just trash, but there’s a lot of it or it is hazardous
Holds 606 gallons or 3,300 pounds for about $250 (2300 liters / 1500 kg, available in Canada)
No chemicals or appliances or household hazardous waste
Short process video: https://youtu.be/OQ1alXitYa0
Papercraft Crystal 