Making it easier to give away stuff

This week is de-clutter week.

The plan is to go through each room and make piles: garbage, donate, keep.

Piles 1 and 3 are easy. Pile 2, donate, is not. I spent hours looking for places to donate certain not so obvious items. (Keep in mind I don't drive so my options are limited.) And when I say hours, I'm talking dozens. Yes, plural. I wouldn't be surprised to learn that I've spent several weeks on this.

Yes, we all know where to drop off used clothes, but where to you drop off a used TV? And better yet, is there someone who will pick it up?

This has inspired me to start another blog on reuse and recycling facilities in Toronto. I'll probably post just once a week on that one since I'll need time to do research. But given the frustration I've experienced looking for this information, I hope other people will benefit.