Do you recycle, throw away or give away?

Hi marguicha I am a big giver and prefer to give then to discard. I cannot be comfort trashing anything I know that others can use. I will store some things from time to time, because my boyfriends mom will move heaven and earth to retrieve just about anything even though she is hundreds of miles away. We visit every summer so the first things I pack is anything we can no longer use, because she is good at sharing them with some of her church lady friends. She is quite a hoarder herself but anything I do give her she does makes sure someone in her church can use it. Been this way now for 7 years and very happy to hear when she calls me and says someone is so appreciative with my donation.

rather than throwing it away..it is better to give it to some needy..who can value it and can make full use of it..recycling too is a way better choice than throwing or wasting the things away and very environment friendly too. i give the things away to my family members or my cousins which i do not find useful to me and as well as i make sure that they too will not throw it away..serve the needy people..same like you i cant waste things or cant see things being wasted..have a nice time.

It is hard for me to throw things too since I think I can still reuse them someday- especially those made of plastic.. My mom likes to recycle stuff too. But the ones we can't recycle we just put them in junk shops or burn them..

I take things that I no longer want to places that gives to the homeless or people in need. I also know some people that can use things so I give to them also. I do recycle aluminum. I am looking for places that takes glass and cardboard too.

hi, actually if the thing can still useful in many ways or other ways of course i will not junk it instead i will use in different ways,or sometimes i will give it away to other people who still have that thing an importance.

I think you're so kind of a woman,you have a grateful heart like my parents.they used to keep everything recycling and not willing to get rid of anything they believe valuable,i try to persuaded them to throw away something and even i threw myself,but they persisted their way,maybe i 'd rather to think about matters on the side of their thoughts.anyway,thrifty id a virtue

i try to repurpose things as much as i can.especially those plastic coffee cans-love those.anything i can't find a new use for,goes to donation or recycle.i try not to throw out anything potentially still useful to somebody.

Some things I'll recycle or reuse. Some I'll just throw away. I have three glass bottles (the kind that something like the Ragu tomato sauce comes in) on my desk I use for loose change, for example. I recycle aluminum cans too. If there's some use I can get out of something, I'll keep it if applicable. I do throw things away though. But most of that is just stuff I wouldn't be able to reuse in any way.

I recycle some items that can still be recycled.yesterday I cleaned up my clothes drawer.I found some old boyleg shorts that I'm not using anymore.now they are cut up as rags.I also give away some stuff,mostly clothes.I give them to my younger sister.

If we have unwanted things or things for disposal we usually give it away if it is still usable but if not we just throw them away. My mom is very sentimental of things. She tends to keep things because she thinks that they may be of use in the future. I haven't followed in her footsteps. I think it is good to keep clutter off your house. Sometimes unused or unwanted things tend to get too much space in the house. I just don't like living in a house full of clutter.

My Mom keeps a lot and mY Dad and stpe-mom are hoarders is the best way to describe them, They have path ways through the house. Growing up I was attached to somethings, but wanted things to be cleaned and organized and not looked cluttered so I wld go through stuff constantly. I recycle, thrwo and give away. Sometimes sell. As Ive gotten older Im still the same. With a fam its amazing how much stuff can be accumilated. We recently moved and even though I go through things a lot there was still alot to dispose of. Mainly if it hadnt been used in a year it needed to go. I found homes for a lot of things by giving away and selling on craigslist. You feel so much better when you unload things and give yourself more living space. My kids stuff I take to consignment stores for kids. This gives me some extra cash that I use for clothes or gifts for others if I have store credit. Their toys I go through alot, especially near their birthday and Christmas. Have to make room for the new. I let them help an being kids they have a hard time. I think its something genetic too. Im not prone to keep things, but my Mom and Dad and step-mom are. My daughter takes after them by wanting to keep more, sometimes useless stuff. I dont want to upset her so I let her keeps things for a certain amount of time and than have her go through things. I look at stuff as a material object. If it makes life less enjoyable than it needs a new home. Life is to short to be weighed down by things you cant take with you anyway. better to build the memories and relationships in your life with ppl who can talk back. If your happy and living life to the fullest than take it a step at a time. Go through things slowly and soon you will be more comfortable getting rid of things.

I'm not much a recycler unless I'm giving away some of my old clothes that I can't fit anymore. I mean it's good if you can conserve more on this planet but personally I'm not energy efficient like everyone says I should.

its great you are doing eco friendly.each and every product can be recycled in some or other way.save our planet.its the only planet we have.start recycling right from home

Throwing away things is never an option.There is not even a single item which may be called WASTE. Personally, i do not give away or throw my belongings because many times they are of uttermost imporatnce to me. Neither do I recommend such things to my family. I just believe that recycling of some things such as battries,paper,etc is good but recycling plastic is also eqivalently dangerous as throwing it away becuse burning plastics causes pollution. I give away things to the needy ones thinking that it might be of more use to him than me. keep your planet clean......GO GREEN!!!

It depends on what the item is...if it's not useable, i will throw it out, if it is sellable, I will have a garage sale or put it up on ebay...if it's not sellable, I will offer it on freecycle & if no one wants it on freecycle, I will give it to a charity shop.

I don’t like throwing away things that can be either recycled or given away. I feel the way you do; it is not so much for the good of the environment although that is a bonus for all, but the fact that I cannot stand to see good things in the garbage when there are people who may need them.

I alway check my wardrobe at the start of winter and summer...what I don't wear any more goes to charity...and so goes with other items as well like appliances [if they are in working order] other wise I put all in the recycling bin...we have a Council pick up which we can call twice a year and they would pick up items like refrigerators...TV and so on. So yes I recycle every thing I can't see any thing going to waste.

Hi.. My family is similar to you. Nobody of us throw any item where ever its unused or not. My sister was expert in reusing those stuffs. She mad some items by anything unused. have a nice day.

I do all three, I recycle cans and other reclyable material, throw away biodegradeable materials for compost etc and give away things that can be resued like clothes and books where they can be read and knowledge extended.

I do recycling too. Especially on old clothes. I make new designs and fashionable clothes out of the old one. But when I feel lazy to do so, I give it to our neighbors.