How can we use innovative ways by using drawers and organizers to decrease the amount of time that we spend dealing with (collecting, sorting, and getting rid of) waste materials at home and work?
This appears to be rather a rather broad question.
A trash can is necessary for trash of course.
Use earth-friendly shopping bags, non-disposable.
However, if recycling is available have a trash can for the following items and sort them according to the service’s demands--you may need more than one can.
- Glass
- Plastic
- Paper-recycle
- Paper-shred
- Aluminum
- Metal
Incoming paper is tricky as there is a seemingly endless supply, some of which contains sensitive information.
Non-sensitive paper products
- Sort incoming mail, magazines, ads, promotional, time-sensitive as it comes into the home or office. Bins might be handy for this stage of organizing.
- Unsubscribe from paper copies of magazines, newspapers, promotional items if you can get convert the subscription to online versions.
- A verticle magazine rack limits the number of hard copies retained.
- Recycle or Shred what you can.
Bills and sensitive information
- Put the incoming bills in a separate hanging folder to reduce visual clutter.
- After paying or recording the amount of a bill, file the paperwork.
- File (in those drawers and organizers) paid bills, medical information, etcetera.
- Put the newest bills, reports to the front of the file folder.
- If the information must be available for a 7-year tax accounting-place the information in a dated file box -Year Ending and store the box in a position where you can see the date.
- Remove and shred the information when the time frame is up. Keep the tax return itself.
Have a mobile file folder for “must keep items” such as legal documents, insurance proof, birth certificates, copy of bank account numbers, social security information, etcetera.
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