Recycling Old Cell Phones
Nearly every client I’ve worked with has old cell phones tucked in a drawer. When I offer to recycle them, they usually jump at the chance to get rid of them. Recycling your cell phone is easier than you think.
Read more →Recycling | Organizing Goddess - Part 4
Our Love-Hate Relationship with Greeting Cards
In this age of electronic greetings, it’s delightful to get an honest-to-goodness card in the mail. Someone went to the trouble to buy the card, sign it, address it, stamp it, and mail it. That person must really like you! Getting a birthday or anniversary or congratulations or thank you card, with a personal message in it – and in your friend or relative’s familiar handwriting – feels great. But then what?
Read more →The Computer Graveyard
After five and a half years of helping clients with their clutter, I have gotten accustomed to encountering what I call the Computer Graveyard. Here’s the scenario. You get a new computer, and you start using it. You don’t want to get rid of the old computer just yet, just in case something malfunctions on the new one, so you put the old one on the floor next to your desk. Days go by, then weeks, then months, and the…
Read more →Spring Recycling Events
In 1842, Tennyson wrote, “In the Spring a young man’s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.” Were Tennyson writing today, he would have to change that from “love” to “recycling”, based on the number of spring recycling events going on!
Read more →National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day
One of the tasks resulting from my mother’s recent passing is the disposal of her prescription medications. While researching the best way to do this, I discovered that April 28, 2012, is National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day. Sponsored by the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA), National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day gives consumers an opportunity to safely dispose of prescription drugs so that they don’t affect the environment or fall into the hands of children or abusers. You can find more information on…
Read more →Organizing Goddess® eBook
