Disposing of certain items from your household can be tricky and cause you headaches. Most of them can be recycled, ensuring a safe disposal. However, some items will end up in the landfills whether recyclable or not. Therefore, you as an individual, have to make sure that you give your best to provide a responsible disposal process. Our environment is too precious not to engage in an eco-friendly clean up, starting with your home. Check out the tips on how to clean every room in your house properly and provide healthy rubbish removal.
Clean your living room
If you are not sure how to dispose of furniture, continue reading. You probably are tempted to just get rid of it, but that is not the right approach. First, consider donating it to charity, shelters, schools or similar places. Many people can benefit from your donation. Homeless will have a good couch to sleep on and students can use parts to make wooden or metal products. If this isn’t the right answer, then contact local municipality or drop-of centres and find out more information about where you can take it. Additionally, another item you perhaps are not sure what to do with are light bulbs. Old style incandescent bulbs cannot be recycled so you can toss them into your trash bin. However, energy efficient light bulbs are recyclable at almost all recycle centres. These bulbs have so many benefits. Not only they are recyclable, but they save energy, money and your time.
What is recyclable in my bathroom?
We all produce so much waste in our bathrooms. From shampoo bottles, aerosol bottles, shower curtains, hairbrushes, etc. There are many things you can recycle in your bathroom. For example, plastic bottles are recyclable, including:
- shampoos
- body wash
- nail polish remover
- soap
- mouth wash, etc.
Plastic is recyclable but before you recycle them, remove the pumps. As far as aerosol cans are concerned, you can recycle:
- deodorants
- air fresheners
- hairsprays, etc.
Unfortunately, some items must go into your rubbish bin, like shower curtains. But, the good news is that you can reuse them in so many creative ways. They can act as a cover for your things in the garage, or as a lower layer for tent when camping.
Kitchen
The first thing that comes on our mind when we think of the kitchen are pots and pans. Here, we have a variety of materials which can be hard to dispose of, like Teflon, ceramic or metal. These can be toxic if tossed into a landfill, not to mention their biodegradability. Most of your pots and pans can be donated to various shelters, and reusing is one of the best options. Also, if you are artistic individual, you can make a number of new objects using old pots and pans, turning them into artwork. Also, your old appliances should be hard to clean out. Whether you are upgrading or just want some items out, your best option is to sell them. There are always people who want to buy appliances that are in working condition. If they are broken or cannot be repaired, many handymen are interested in buying such items for parts. If you want to recycle, there are many recycling places that can help you out.
Decluttered bedroom
When decluttering your bedroom, there are three things to focus on:
Mattresses
Thanks to their size and inability to manage, matrasses are perhaps one of the worst home items to take out and get rid of. Properly disposing of them is probably even worst. Since you cannot take it on the street and put the sign “for free”, you have to come up with a solution that is not harmful for our environment. The easiest solution is to call a professional company that are specialized in safe mattress removal. You also take it yourself to your local municipality and let them dispose of it safely.
Linen
The time comes for bedding replacement. In time, the fabric becomes worn out, and the colours faded. Or simply princess linen are outgrown. Either way, if you want to replace them, the ideal solution is to give them to someone who will be happy to take them. You can also use them as:
- cleaning rags
- patches for clothes
- napkin curtains
- vintage linen buttons
- cocktail napkins, etc.
there are many more ideas regarding how to reuse old linen and make something new and functional. All you need is to come up with some or look on the internet.
Clothes
If your clothes are lying around, put them away. Fold clean clothes neatly and put some on the hangers. Put the dirty clothes into a laundry bin and put them into the washing machine after you make sure you have found all the dirty clothes.
Organizing your garage
The best way to organize the space is to get few containers where you can separate certain items, including tools, pet supplies, collectible, etc. you should decide which items go, which you want to donate and which you can reuse. We have all sorts of stuff in our garages. But perhaps growing presence belongs to your tools. If you have just bought new ones or you simply think it is time to get rid of some, the best thing you can do is to donate or sell it. There are many people who will gladly take your old tools and use them. Tools are valuable belongings and they are always worthy, whether they are used or not. You can make some money by selling them.
In short
Cleaning and organizing every room in your house is a daunting task. You want to make sure that all the things you do not want any more are disposed of properly. Rubbish removal is extremely important for our environment welfare. Recycling, reusing and repairing are the best solutions depending on items and their condition. Therefore, think green and recycle, donate, sell, reuse or restore your belongings.
