Trash or Treasure? 04/05/2011
Today’s tip is one we learned the hard way. During our hands-on organizing days, a bag of items that a client had carefully selected to send to charity got hauled off with the trash instead…not good! We’d clearly been tempting fate by letting our regular black trash bags double as donation bags.
We immediately switched to using heavy duty, clear blue bags - typically used for recycling - as our designated donation bags. Simple color coding and a few words of instruction to our team members were all it took to nip that problem in the bud.
Designate one location in your home – in the warm zone of a common space such as the garage, utility room or guest room – as the spot for collecting items to be donated. Stock the space with a few bags that are a different color from your trash bags (we love these blue ones – you may also find some in orange). Once the top bag is full, you can just pull another out from underneath it and keep the de-cluttering going. No more “treasure” in the trash can!
We immediately switched to using heavy duty, clear blue bags - typically used for recycling - as our designated donation bags. Simple color coding and a few words of instruction to our team members were all it took to nip that problem in the bud.
Designate one location in your home – in the warm zone of a common space such as the garage, utility room or guest room – as the spot for collecting items to be donated. Stock the space with a few bags that are a different color from your trash bags (we love these blue ones – you may also find some in orange). Once the top bag is full, you can just pull another out from underneath it and keep the de-cluttering going. No more “treasure” in the trash can!
