Recycled plastic shopping bags accumulated by the household above and beyond what we can use as trash bin liners. That bag of bags had been hanging off the front door handle for a week! Finally remembered in the way to the grocery store this week.
It's a great feeling finally getting them out of the house, isn't it?
I have a bag of bags buddy whom I found through Buy Nothing... I save my bags for her and she uses them when she walks her dog. I'm hoping that if more people do this, there will be less grousing on social media about the plastic bag ban in our community.
As anticipated, the tag sale is very cathartic. We got rid of a minivan load today, and my goal is to fill two more loads. Already, we're seeing a positive domino effect and it's now possible to reach all areas of the garage (there was only a narrow pathway before). I spent all day yesterday and today going through boxes and tubs. Unfortunately, there were several items that were spoiled by the humidity, and others that will need cleaning before they are saleable. I threw out some broken items that I had meant to fix, and that was very freeing.
I still have 3 bins of items, mostly toys, which need to be reunited with their missing components in order to be desirable. It's frustrating to see the number of high-end toys that were played with only a couple of times, or simply even opened and scattered before the instructions were read, that were rendered unusable by losing pieces. I used to be better about monitoring the kids but nowadays I'm too busy during holidays to keep an eye on the gifts opening.
I do recognize that my obsession with disposing of items in the optimal way will someday lead to hoarding when I get older and less capable.