What to Do with Your Purge: Tips for Donating, Gifting, and Selling
Episode 121, Aug 14, 2020, 08:00 AM
So you've done the declutter and achieved a degree of minimalism and frugality that feels right for you...now what?? On this episode we talk all about what to do after the 'purge' and some sustainable and responsible ways to give, sell, or donate your used and unwanted things!
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Notable Notes:
What the Internet has to say:
This article from The Verge gives us tips on how to get rid of all the stuff we've decluttered from our homes...responsibly!
What Jen + Jill have to say:
- Tech
- Check out manufacturing trade in deals (apple, android)
- Sell old stuff (ebay, FB marketplace)
- Declutrr gives quote on your tech (and may also take books, CDs, DVDs, legos)
- Swappa (charges buyer, not seller)
- Amazon has trade in program (payment in form of gift card)
- Charity
- So old no one wants it?
- Recycle - check with town/city for recycling center - check out earth911 for nearest recycling center
- LOL - give it to a museum????!!
- Books
- Sell
- Give
- Better world books - list of dropsites
- Books for soldiers
- Libraries
- Clothing
- Sell: the real real - designer stuff
- Give to charity - charity navigator, guidestar
- givebackbox
- Everything else
More from the Internet:
This article from NBC News gives us some more ideas on how to get rid of items that we no longer need or want with out just tossing in the trash!
More from Jen + Jill:
- 1. Offer to people in your community (for free or for sale)
- 2. Give to friends or do swap
- 3. Repurpose and DIY
- Ex: old candle holder, repurposing trash can
- 4. Take to proper places to discard
- 5. Sell or consign
- Ebay, poshmark, thredup, local consignment shop
- 6. Swap in exchange for discounted merchandise
- H&M, madewell
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Lightning Round
How often do you purge and what do you do with it?
- Jill - everytime we move OR help others move. Sell a few items, give to friends, donate
- Jen- constant declutter; bags in every room of the house - when it’s full of donation items I take them to donation centers
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