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jjonis
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What to do with extra stuff

Post by jjonis » Sat, 14 Aug 2010 4:57 pm

I've just moved into a home and have A LOT of extra stuff in my house that I hope won't be here next week. But I have no idea what to do with it. Our trash collector says they only collect the one bin and we fill that with trash. Does anybody know where/how I can dispose of the following:

large cardboard appliance boxes w/packing materials (i.e. dryer, television)
books, toys, games
excess furniture (nothing too nice)

Thanks for the help.
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Post by FlyingScotsman » Sat, 14 Aug 2010 5:12 pm

We got rid of all of our cardboard boxes to the free newspaper people..they happily cleared the lot. A friend who moved gave all the spare stuff he didn't want to the cleaners around the estate. Seems they were delighted.
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Post by jjonis » Sat, 14 Aug 2010 5:54 pm

So, when you say the 'free newspaper people' you mean the guys who stuff the newspaper in the gate in the morning? They took your cardboard boxes? I would never have thought of that. Thanks

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Post by FlyingScotsman » Sat, 14 Aug 2010 6:00 pm

Yes, that's the guys, they will collect them in a truck..Might have to get up early to grab one of the delivery peeps, but it is great to recycle..
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Re: What to do with extra stuff

Post by adione » Mon, 16 Aug 2010 10:05 am

jjonis wrote: large cardboard appliance boxes w/packing materials (i.e. dryer, television)
books, toys, games
excess furniture (nothing too nice)
stuff ->donate to national salvation army
books -> donate to libray
furniture -> the collector's centre of your estate?

you can always post an ad on grumtree or similar and giveaway for free,
there'll be lot of people glad to collect them

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