A Look At 30 Things That You Should Never Throw In Your Regular Trash Can (6 of 6)

Used Tools

Like with bicycles, you can definitely throw away the used tools such as shovels and rakes if you don’t need them anymore. But you will definitely be throwing away some easy money, too! First of all, there are dozens of local stores and even brand stores that would be more than happy to buy your old, used tools and then sell them for a higher price at their store if the tools are worth using. If you feel the tools do not have any utility left, even then you can make some money by selling it to your local scrap dealer who will recycle the metal used in the tools!

Old Swing Sets

If you still have an old swing set in the backyard, throwing it away as waste won’t help anyone. Instead, you can do a lot more with that old swing set. For instance, you can donate it to the nearest charity, school, shelters, parks – anyone would have a use for a working swing set. If it’s not in a working condition, you can sell it to a scrap dealer who can recycle it and you can earn some bucks. In any case, throwing it away in the trash is just not the best way, we believe!

Dead Plants

When you ask most people about what kind of composting they can do at home, they would mostly talk of vegetable peels and stuff. However, what people fail to realize is that you can use the same garden to find things for composting as well, which includes dead plants and dry leaves. So the next time you find dead plants and dry leaves in the garden, don’t throw them away, use them as compost. Also, recycling helps maintain the ecological cycles as well.

Old Books

This is perhaps the last thing that should find a place in the trash! There are literally dozens of options for you to choose from. You can go to your local library and if the books are in a readable condition, they would be more than happy to accept them. Same goes for non-profits, second-hand book stores and many such places where your books can be put to a good use. For instance, an organization called Better World Books accepts donations and most part of the donations are used to fund literacy organizations around the world! So, think before you throw away your precious books in the trash the next time!

Mothballs

According to almost every environmental agency around the world, throwing away of pesticides in the open isn’t exactly what you’ll call an environment-friendly move. In fact, in some countries, this might even attract a penalty! So, before you throw away those mothballs in the trash, think of the environment. Mothballs contain naphthalene and other toxic items that can cause some serious harm to the environment as a whole. So, if you have old mothballs that you’d like to throw away, consider dropping them at the nearest hazardous waste facility to ensure no harm is caused to any living being, or the environment.