I do. not. like. clutter. I don't like having things in or around my house that are not useful. I regularly make trips to Goodwill, participate in children's clothing consignment events and put items on Craigslist or eBay . It just makes me feel more organized and cleaner when our home and life isn't cluttered.
Lately, a pile of junk has been piling up along the side of our house - the side no one but I can see. Old motorcycle tires, a bag of cement left in the rain, and unusable pieces of wood. I waited (patiently impatiently) for my husband to get rid of them but after 2 summers of staring at the pile, I decided to take care of it myself.
So, with about 15 minutes worth of research and phone calls, I found out where to take our junk - and not to the landfill. I had my husband load up the truck with all the junk in our garage and alongside the house that we weren't using anymore - it ended up being a lot more than wood, cement and tires. A landscaping company took all the wood and bag of cement and the tire center took the motorcycle tires - all for a whopping $8. The best trip of the day was to a recycling facility that took everything else for FREE - satellite dish, steel bars, broken plastic storage tubs, and old plastic outdoor furniture.
I love that our old stuff won't be sitting in a landfill for hundreds of years - it will be getting a new life.
If you've got junk to get rid of, try these tips to find somewhere to take your stuff:
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