Overcoming donation roadblocks | 305

[@roo5036]

This has motivated me to get a charity shop run done this weekend as I have been putting it off. Also for those in the UK it might be worth checking your local council website, as my local council will collect textiles and small electrical items when they collect my general rubbish/recycling. I find the textiles collection really useful for clothes are no longer wearable and wont be taken by my local charity shops.

[@declutterhub]

that's great! thanks

[@AwesomeReversibleKnitting]

How did you know the full donation box is still in my hall! 😮

[@declutterhub]

you've got this

[@anitawilkie7275]

Our local charity shop just asks that you label rag bags. Our shop also have an ironing board so they sometimes iron the items. My roadblock is being embarrassed by the quality of my items I donated. I know it's probably silly but just the way I feel. This is a great discussion.😊

[@declutterhub]

We appreciate you sharing, you are not alone in that

[@severiner7168]

Very relevant to me because I don't want things to go in landfill so it ends up stuck in my house... some items like old phones need research so that can be a roadblock for me and final one is, I don't drive so getting things to specific places can be hard.

[@declutterhub]

thanks for sharing

[@dianenichols8195]

How to responsibly recycle: cassette tapes, VHS tapes and old computer/laptops. No one wants them. Some places advertise that you can send them the VHS or Cassette tapes and they will "responsibly" dispose of them, but you have to pay money for the service. Suppository, you have to drill holes in your old laptops so no one can steal your banking information. The stuff is piling up, and I don't want to just chuck them in the landfill and be done with it.

[@declutterhub]

Do check with your local communities or government department for information that relates to your area

[@solarhydrowind]

I see You Tube videos with people taking their clothes off hangers from their closets and theowing them in a heap into a garbage bag and this seems like a terrible presentation and a bad idea on general. If I can't leave them on hangers, can I at least fold them and put them into a nice box? Something I heard about donating is: would you rather have the stuff or the space?

[@declutterhub]

thanks for sharing

[@rosikatich6630]

I would always wash what I buy so I do not wash what I donate….you need momentum

[@declutterhub]

thanks for sharing