It's amazing. But it really is true: One man's trash is another man's treasure!

You might think "No one would want this!" But chances are there is someone out there willing to take just about any item off your hands and save it from the landfill. That's a good thing because we can use that space for beautiful things like flowers and trees!

Did you know you could swap books online? Your local library takes old reading glasses? You can set up a textbook recycle at your college? 

So, next time you are looking to lighten your load, check our list of places and it will be a simple task to hand that stuff over.

What to do with your unwanted items:

Sell it:

• Online Places like Ebay, Etsy, Amazon
• Bring it to a Consignment Shop
• Have a Yard Sale, trunk sale, garage sale (see Planetpals best yard sale tips ever!)

Give it Away!

You would be surprised--you can give kids books and toys away to school, donate eyeglasses, books, CD's and videos to a library fundraiser, you can even give away to a recycle artist. Find a solution here:

To Recycle and Donate General Items:

• Offer to Friends, and Neighbors
• To Nonprofit Oragnizations such as Goodwill, Salvation Army, Amvets
• Find a Local Thrift Shop near you. Maybe find one that donates to your favorite cause. Look it up online or in your phone directory
• To Hospitals and Churches.  They often have thrift shops
• To Homeless Shelters, Family Shelters
• To Libraries for their book sales (Libraries sometimes take Glasses, CD's, Videos, Games and Books)
• Donate to a school for their holiday fair or yard sale (Some schools have sports equipment swaps, too)
• Through places online such as Freecycle.org or Craigslist.com,
• Your town Recycle Center

To Recycle and Donate Specific Items:

• Donate Toys and Kids books to a Preschool or Daycare (maybe even your child's!)
• Cell phones and ink, laser cartridges to a School Fundrasing program likeFundingFactory
• Computers to Schools at worldcomputerexchange.org
• Cars to Non profits such as kidneycars.org, carsforhomes.org, worldvision.org
• Eyeglasses to Non Profits such as lionsclubs.org, neweyesfortheneedy.org
• Electronics to Local Ratailer Recycle Reclaim Programs such as: AT&T Reuse and Recycle,Best Buy,Dell,Hewlett-Packard, Intel,LG Electronics, Motorola,Samsung, ETC.

Swap It!

• Online Swap Sites: Bookins.com, Bookmooch.com, Frugal reader.com, Paperbackswap.com, Readitswapit.com(UK) , We Swap.com (UK), Mom's Swap/Buy (facebook)
• Town Swaps (Some towns have these annually)
• Swap Meets (Easy to find online)
• To your local transfer station Swap Shop (Each town is different some take almost anything, some are limited to specific items)

Make sure the organization is legit!

*We suggest you Do a background check on any charity at Charitynavigator.org or Charitywatch.org, Also make sure it is registered with the IRS as a 501c(3) tax-exempt organization (go to irs.gov/eo, or call 877-829-5500