Step 3: Prune our kids\u2019 electronics.<\/strong> (For my purposes I\u2019m distinguishing between “technology” and “electronics.” In my blog post Pruning Technology<\/a><\/span>, I deal with pruning information technology<\/em> such as use of email and other social media. Here I\u2019m using electronics in the sense of electronic hardware<\/em> such as DVDs, CDs, and tapes. Our kids released the following electronics for recycling: Step 4: Take stuff to new homes If you don\u2019t live in the greater Cincinnati area or don\u2019t have similar local electronics resources, other recycling options are: TOYS\/DOLLS: FURNITURE: What are the best sources you’ve found to pass on stuff you no longer need?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Although over the years I\u2019ve had stuff stolen from my home, here I\u2019m not addressing thieves but rather how I\u2019ve recently happily found people (friends, visitors, and nonprofits) who help me prune my stuff. It all started when our son who lives in Singapore came home for a 3-week visit. This meant that most of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[14,28,6],"class_list":["post-8415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-days-365","tag-books","tag-electronics","tag-recycling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8415"}],"version-history":[{"count":36,"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8415\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8458,"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8415\/revisions\/8458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Days-365261-elec.-cassette-tape-giveaways-Luke.gif\")
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<\/a>Step 2: Ask their friends.<\/strong> Since our Singapore son was in town many of his local friends visited. One was a jigsaw puzzle enthusiast, so she took 6 puzzles. Another took 11 cassette tapes.<\/p>\n<\/a> <\/a>
\n\u2022 28 DVDs
\n\u2022 33 new CDs
\n\u2022 23 used CDs
\n\u2022\u00a0 \u00a09 Zip Drives
\n\u2022 42 Cassette tapes
\n\u2022 66 empty CD cases
\n(You may wonder how anyone collects 66 empty CD cases?
\nAnswer: I hang many old CDs on wire frames in my garden to dissuade deer from eating my vegetables. Other CDs are lost or broken.)<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>ELECTRONICS:
\nIn the Cincinnati area the best place is the Cincinnati Recycling and Reuse Hub<\/a><\/span>. I took all of the above former \u201ctreasures\u201d to the HUB which is a non-profit organization. They charge $1 per pound to cover their cost of shipping to Green Disc<\/a><\/span> in Washington State. It cost me $22. It was easier and cheaper than packing and mailing all the electronics myself. For an earlier blog on electronic recycling click here<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Green Disc<\/a><\/span> \u2013 mail in program located in Sammamish, Washington
\n\u2022 Backthruthefuture<\/a><\/span> \u2013 mail in program located in Franklin, NJ 07416
\n\u2022\u00a0Earth 911<\/a><\/span> \u2013 is an all-purpose recycling resource with many ideas on how and where to recycle.
\n\u2022 Google \u201cWhere to take electronics for recycling\u201d (Big box stores such as Staples<\/a><\/span> and Best Buy<\/a><\/span> also take many electronics for recycling.)<\/a><\/p>\n
\nI\u00a0had been saving dolls for visiting grandkids. Even they were not interested so I took them to a local Thrift Store (Be Concerned<\/a><\/span>). Certainly there are similar places near you.<\/p>\n<\/a>BOOKS:
\nOur kids said I could give away an 18 book children\u2019s encyclopedia set and 3 reference books. Having earned $.28 cents from taking previous no longer needed books to a half price bookstore, I took these directly to the public library so their Friends of the Library<\/em> group could sell them to fund library functions. For other book options, click here<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/a>
\nSince these recently emptied file cabinets were too big for visitors to take or for us to deliver, I scheduled a Salvation Army pickup<\/a><\/span>. Not as personal but easy-peasy.<\/p>\n