Return small plastic film canisters to your film processor, or reuse them as containers for flower seeds, screws, buttons, pills, or salt and pepper in your picnic basket. Lend your own recordings to friends. Donate recordings of children's music and stories to a school, daycare, or preschool in your area. Maintain your CDs, records, and tapes so that they will still be in good resale condition when you no longer want them. Music stores that buy used recordings want no scratches and prefer records in original sleeves and CDs in intact boxes with original inserts.
Tips Buy durable clothing.
Clean out your closet on a regular basis. Sell good quality clothes that you no longer want through consignment stores. Donate old clothes to one of the many charities that can reuse or resell them. Cut up old bedding, towels, drapery, and clothing to use for household chores. Donate the leftovers to a charity.