[oxtopus]

In Mountain View, and likely elsewhere in the Bay Area, charitable organizations make the rounds once a month to basically do the same. They provide the bags, collect them, and presumably sell what they can for cash. As for batteries and other hazardous materials, there's a protocol to have the city pick them up for no charge. I've never had a problem getting rid of stuff and feeling like I'm doing it responsibly. It's hard to understand what value this adds beyond immediacy.

At least with the services I already take advantage of, it's all done in batches and my contribution is low compared to the overall haul. This is on-demand, so it's likely not as efficient.

[shostack]

Any links you can share to these services? Will have a bunch of stuff to give away soon and I'm not familiar with the various organizations in MV that help with this.

[oxtopus]

http://donatedav.org/donation-pickup.html

[shostack]

That's awesome, thanks for the link! Are there other non-profits that have similar services or just DAV?