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[Skippy]

This question might be better for the buy'sell'trade forum.

But her is the question. How do I get rid of small stuff. I have lots of little pieces of junk like a small makup mirror, lint brush, etc. I am trying to make my life more mininal and portable. Now I really do not want to sell them as some once commented on the buy/sell/trade forum of people actually selling salt and pepper and that being lame and cheap(thru I have some cloves for anybody if they want them). Also selling them would be net loss in money and probably time (package up walk to post office and wait for 3000 won). Also I do not really want to throw the junk away - thru I am skeptical of man-made global warming I real do not want to add the garbage/pollution in the world. Remember the three Rs.

Also as to point I am not a complete newb! I do know about clothes bins! I put the clothes I do not want in there already, but I do not think they take plastic coat hangers. I also already know about furniture pickup trucks that will buy or take your old TV or air con but I think them stopping for my sort of broken old iRiver mp3 player will not go well.

So people how do you get rid of that old keyboard or bookend. Actually I think the hardest to get rid of is my few adult magazines! Do you think Whatthebook will take them?

[Son Deureo!]

Living in school provided housing? Leave anything usable for the next teacher. That's something I certainly appreciated.

Something not so useful (e.g. your used porn)? Throw it away.

[johnnyrook]

[guava]

1. Arrange all the stuff together in an interesting form; each piece must contact another piece
2. Bond it together
3. Paint it all white
4. You created a work of art like the sculpture I saw in a glass showcase on the platform of the airport subway line

hmmm, I wonder how much money the artist received for it, now you got me thinking about doing it myself

[Dazed and Confused]

If it is plastic, glass, or metal you can put it out with the recycling. Another option is to box everything up and take it to school. Put it on a table in the middle of the staff room with a sign that says "FREE!". Guaranteed to be gone by the end of the day.

[Died By Bear]

[PastorYoon]

This is Korea. Just throw it in the road like everyone else. When in Rome...

[valkerie]

I used to offload these things onto my kids at hagwon/middle school. Sometimes the teachers took stuff too. (Nothing broken but just the bits and pieces you don't want to keep or throw away.)

[Steelrails]

[lorenchristopher]

I agree with what a previous poster said about sneaking them out in the middle of the night. Instead of throwing them out your window, which depending on how high up you live could seriously injure someone, you may want to try one of my methods.

I packed everything in a huge bag and put it in a big roller suitcase, walked a couple blocks to a different apartment complex (wearing a hat very low, as to help my anonymity because I don't want the security guard checking the CCTV), went straight to the apt complex's garbage/recycling area, took the bag out, placed it on the ground, zipped up my suitcase and wheeled it back to my apt.

I know this may not be nice, but there were a few things of use in there (i.e. notebooks, magazines, broken hairdryer which could be used as decoration/art, rug, etc) maybe someone will find use for them. Do I feel bad? A little bit, but at least I'm not throwing it out on the street. I DO take old clothes and books to second hand stores. But I mean, what do you do with an old ratty pillow that you want to get rid of? I mean really?! Some stuff you just have to sneak out and drop off.

I have also gotten rid of an old broken suitcase by wheeling it to the subway, going into the bathroom and "forgetting it" on my way out.

[sojusucks]

I usually donate small items to a local church.

[nomad-ish]

[jvalmer]

Just leave it.

[oldfatfarang]

I held a lottery in my last class at my previous MS school. All the kids' names went onto a paper in a hat. The co-teach drew the name/paper slips - and each kid got the chance of 'winning' my surplus stuff (rice cooker, iron, and heaps of booby prizes).

This was real fun, and probably the best class I've ever taught.

[daeguowl]