Decluttering Checklist from Magazine

When getting my haircut, one of my favorite things to do is read various magazines at the salon. I do not read the pop culture magazines, but rather Sunset, Food Network, Seattle Magazine, Real Simple, or other improvement magazines. For the April 2019 issue of Woman's Day, there was a relevant article, "The Ultimate Spring Declutter Checklist" that I found helpful and contained some new resources and products that I thought I would share.

• Make $$$ off electronics: Deluttr.com tells you up front what it'll pay for items like e-readers, smartphones, laptops, and CDs. If you're happy with the amount it offers, send the goods in (shipping is free!) and you'll get money (through direct deposit or PayPal or in the form of a check).
• Purge pens and pencils: Collect all writing utensils around the house. Test them out, and toss the ones that don't work, then place the extra ones to be donated to a school classroom. Assign a few to live in each room so they'll be there when you need them.
• Tame tech cords: untangle that drawerful of charging cables with the help of handy little cord clips. Sunficon Cable Clips are $10 for six at amazon.com
• Cull through toiletries: remove everything from medicine cabinets and bathroom vanity. Look for multiple and expired items. Toss things like old SPF and antacids, but take old prescriptions to your pharmacy for safe disposal. Send hardly used or never-opened products to an organization like Project Beauty Share (projectbeautyshare.org), which donates them to families in need.
• Recycle plastic bags: limit your stash by taking them to a special plastic bag receptacle (plasticfilmrecycling.org) and start using reusable bags in your car to reduce future needs for single-use plastic. 
• Thin out the fridge and pantry: input ingredients you need to use up at supercook.com and the site will give you a recipe using those items.
• Plan to use gift cards and coupons: gather the clippings clogging up your wallet or stuck to the fridge and thoughtfully schedule a time to go out to dinner or find a way to use that department discount before it expires. Keep them together in your car's center console so they'll always be handy when you're on the go.
• Give old towels new life: repurpose as small rags for cleaning or donate extras to an animal shelter.
• Donate old eyeglasses to a good cause: Lions Club will take your readers, prescription frames, and sunglasses and work with various groups to give them to those who need them. Contact your local chapter through lionsclub.org to find out how.