Note: $10.2 billion for household and personal care products. Corporate sales: $13.7 billion

If you are looking to get cash for clutter, take a look at these sites that pay. We found many places we found to recycle, donate or sell your old gadgets, plus you can cash in on your spring cleaning! We have updated this post for 2020 and we welcome your ideas.

Cash for Clutter – Sites that Pay!

  We found stores and sources where you can recycle, donate or sell your old gadgets. Most of our old electronics like computers, cell phones, digital cameras, video games, and printers can have either cash or trade-in value. We have affiliate relationships which means we may earn a small referral commission at no additional cost to you if you shop using our links.   Amazon   Their popular trade-in program offers credit for used items including video games, Bluetooth speakers, tablets, cell phones, Kindle E-Readers, and textbooks.   Best Buy   Trade-in your qualifying cell phones, computers, video games, and other electronics online or at a participating Best Buy store. Among the most popular trade-in items at Best Buy include iPhones, iPads, gaming hardware, PC laptops, Samsung Mobile phones, Microsoft Surface, Apple Notebooks and video games. You will get paid in Best Buy gift cards.   eBay   Sell your old phones on eBay.   Gamestop   Get gift cards or cash for your used electronics including iPhones, Kindle devices,iPods and gaming systems. They have special offers on the Game Stop website for specific items so be sure and check those out. You will take your old devices to your local store to complete the transaction.   Gazelle   Sell your used cell phones and other devices including iPhones, Samsung phones, iPads, tablets, Apple computers, iPods and more. Get cash for the gadgets you no longer use, even if damaged.   Nextworth   Get a quote instantly. Select the device you want to sell (for cash) and shipping is always free. Categories include smartphones, tablets, and wearables.   Office Depot/Office Max   Through their Tech Trade-Up Program, you can trade in old devices at any Office Depot store and they will make you an offer for your tech or you can trade-in online. Enter the information about your trade-in on their website, and they will provide you with the value. If you agree, you mail it in with a prepaid label they provide.   Staples Trade-In Program   Answer a few questions about your device and get an immediate quote. Staples will provide a pre-paid UPS shipping label for any device worth $1 or more. A Staples eCash card will be emailed to you as soon as they check your device.   Target Trade-In Program   Get fast and fair value for your electronics including voice speakers, wearables, consoles, games, tablets, and phones. “The process couldn’t be easier: Just generate quotes for your devices and ship them to us using the prepaid shipping label generated at the end of the process. We ensure same-day processing and fast payment, with a no-risk evaluation process.” Your payment is in the form of a Target gift card.   Walmart/Sam’s Club   Walmart has teamed up with CExchange to power an Electronics Trade-In Program. You can earn an eGift Card good at Walmart.com by trading in used electronics, including cell phones, laptops, MP3 players, digital cameras, and more. The process is easy, and qualifying items ship for free. There is no in-store option at this time.  

Where to Get Cash for Empty Ink Cartridges

  eBay   Selling multiple cartridges at once, known as selling in lots, is the preferred way to list on eBay.   Office Depot/Office Max   Recycle your ink and toner cartridges in-store. Limit 10 cartridges per month. Get $2 back in rewards per recycled cartridge when you make a $10 qualifying purchase during the same month. Rewards are paid out quarterly online only as a reward certificate.   Staples   Spend at least $30 on ink or toner. Buy in-store or online within 180 days prior to recycling. Recycle your used cartridges and bring cartridges to the register at your local Staples® store or request a shipping label to recycle your cartridges online. Get $2 back in rewards. See rewards in your next monthly Rewards statement for each cartridge you recycle (up to 20 cartridges per month).  

Cartridge Buy-Back Sites

  There are several cartridge buy-back sites that will buy your empty cartridges. Toner Buyer is a site that our savvy readers have shared with us.   Cell Phone Companies   What’s more, cellular carrier stores, including AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, and T-Mobile offer consumers their choice of in-store drop off or pre-printed shipping labels that make for quick and easy returns, free of charge. The two companies listed below will help you recycle just about anything.  

• Recycle Bank
• Terracycle 

 

Not Worth Selling? Recycle Your Electronics

    Electronics can be recycled for almost all of their components including metal, plastics, glass, and more. And there are more local, manufacturer, and retailer recycling programs than you’d think.   Find local organizations with Greener Gadgets. They offer a list of nationwide manufacturers, retailers, and certified eCycling programs in your area.  

Donate Old Gadgets

  Numerous established organizations accept donations of old electronics and repurpose them for a good cause. The Environmental Protection Agency is a good resource to find a local organization to unload your old electronics.   Reusing and repurposing is a great way to unclutter our life and reduce e-waste. Don’t dump your old gadgets in the trash. They often contain products that could be harmful to our groundwater.   Why not put the kids to work sorting this out and finding out how much their old gadgets are worth? Offer to split the proceeds with them and call it their allowance or save toward a shared family goal. Planning to have a garage sale soon? See my tips on How to Attract Serious Buyers and Have a Successful Garage Sale.   Do you have any other places that offer cash for clutter to share with us?

Berkeley, Calif. — Aug. 03, 2020 — The creators of GU Energy Labs are launching Boon, a line of nutritious Stroopwafels and Almond Butters made for daily life. These wholesome, delicious, healthful snacks nourish the body during The Time Between— for lives in motion who still want to eat purposefully around workouts and races. With USDA Certified Organic, non-GMO, vegan-friendly and gluten-free options, Boon is crafted with unique, functional ingredients that offer busy and active people a thoughtful alternative for fueling their time-in-between training and racing. Whether after spin class, between work meetings, traveling or off exploring the outdoors, Boon’s Stroopwafels and Almond Butters are organic anytime-snacks for anyone wanting to eat intentionally and nourish their body with wholesome and purposeful food. “Being athletes ourselves, we believe good food brings good fortune, not just in sport but in life. We believe the foods you eat should nourish you and not just fill you up. There should be purpose behind what you eat. Each meal we eat, every snack we enjoy is – in some way – preparing us for our next adventure,” said Brian Vaughan, Co-Founder & CEO of GU Energy Labs. “We’ve been eating this way for a long time, and Boon has been years in the making. Now we’re ready to share it with the world.” Boon’s five tasty flavors: Sweet Ginger, Cinnamon Spice, Vanilla Cardamom (Stroopwafels only), Chai Spice (Almond Butters only) and Boon’s caffeinated option, Espresso Bean (Almond Butters only). Boon Stroopwafels (MSRP: $17.50 10ct. box) are crafted with a gluten-free flour blend of five ancient grains that are key elements to a sustaining & delicious everyday diet— quinoa, chia, buckwheat, millet & amaranth. The Boon Almond Butters provide wholesome nutrition through ingredients like California almonds, cashews and are the only nut butter using special sources of fat like MCT Oil, a uniquely fast-acting fat that converts into usable energy instead of stored as body fat. Currently offered in 12oz. glass jars, the Almond Butters will soon become available in single-serve packets for easier on-the-go consumption. Boon has eco-friendliness and community built-in with its TerraCycle partnership for packaging and thoughtfully selected ingredient partners. Boon uses carefully sourced ingredients from local partners who are socially responsible and environmentally conscious, such as Equator Coffee Roasters, The Coffee Cherry Company and The Ginger People. “Boon started in our kitchens, around campfires, en route to trailheads, simply sharing good food with friends and family. What we call ‘the time between,’” said Magda Boulet, SVP of Research, Innovation, & Development for GU Energy Labs. “We believe that each meal we cook and each snack we eat is an opportunity to nourish our bodies and fuel us for the next adventure. And Boon is a way for us to share our philosophy behind meaningful eating and purposeful ingredients.” For more info, please visit: eatboon.com To follow us on Instagram, please click here: @Eat_Boon For any media inquiries, please contact: Kelsey Anderson, kelsey@sasquatchagency.com ABOUT BOON Boon Stroopwafels and Almond Butters are organic, wholesome, delicious snacks that nourish the body in daily life. The creators of GU Energy Labs designed Boon with The Time Between in mind— for lives in motion that want to eat purposefully throughout their lives, not just while exercising. As athletes themselves, GU has always understood the importance of good food in daily life and knew that good food brings good fortune. They created Boon to share what they believe eating with intention and what using functional ingredients can do for people’s lives. Boon’s unique, wholesome ingredients offer busy and active people a thoughtful alternative for fueling their time-in-between, whether you’re looking for nutrition for down-time from workouts or a healthful snack to eat on the fly. ABOUT GU ENERGY LABS GU Energy Labs strives to help athletes to reach their highest potential with products that deliver the right nutrients, in the right amounts, at the right time. Developed in collaboration with Olympians and age groupers alike, the GU nutrition matrix of Hydration, Energy and Recovery products has helped countless athletes achieve their dreams since its inception in 1993. Headquartered in Berkeley, GU Energy Labs produces all of its Energy Gels onsite with just the right blend of heart and science. Recommit to becoming your best athletic self, learn more about GU products, and discover how nutrition planning can help you get there at www.guenergy.com.

MEMPHIS – TerraCycle, the world’s leader in the collection and repurposing of complex waste streams, has joined forces with the Tennessee Department of Tourist Development, Keep Tennessee Beautiful (KTnB) and Keep Putnam County Beautiful-Clean Commission to recycle the world’s most littered item – cigarette butts. After being shipped to TerraCycle, the waste received through the program is processed into plastic pellets for use in a variety of recycled products and Keep America Beautiful receives a $1 donation for every pound of cigarette waste collected. Through this program, KTnB and the Tennessee Department of Tourist Development are not only addressing the nation’s most commonly littered item but also a form of potentially harmful plastic waste. As an early adopter of Keep America Beautiful’s (KAB) Cigarette Litter Prevention Program, several Tennessee organizations have been collecting cigarettes including the 16 Welcome Centers statewide, Bristol Motor Speedway, the annual CMA Awards, state and local parks and throughout downtown Memphis since 2015. Beginning in 2020, cigarettes collected at Tennessee Welcome Centers will be recycled through TerraCycle and two KTnB affiliates. Additionally, Keep Putnam County Beautiful-Clean Commission and Keep McMinn Beautiful launched cigarette recycling programs earlier this month. In order to divert as much cigarette waste from sidewalks, parks, landfills and shared waterways as possible, cigarette recycling receptacles have been placed in highly traversed areas identified by cigarette litter scans. “Since adding receptacles to Welcome Centers in 2016, we’ve made great progress in our cigarette litter prevention efforts. This was the logical next step. We thank TDOT, KTnB, KAB and others for allowing us to partner with them to combat this issue,” said Pete Rosenboro, assistant commissioner of Tennessee Department of Tourist Development. All of the collected waste collected through the cigarette recycling program is shipped to TerraCycle for recycling. When processed, the paper and tobacco is separated from the filter and composted. The filter is recycled into plastic pellets which can be used by manufacturers to make a number of products such as shipping pallets, ashtrays and park benches. “Cigarettes remain the most littered item in our society today. We plan to utilize the $20,000 CLPP grant KTnB received this year to not only combat cigarette litter in our beautiful state, but also keep a lot of that litter out of our landfills by recycling via TerraCycle,” said KTnB’s Executive Director Missy Marshall. “This way we are improving our efforts to not only prevent but recycle cigarette litter being collected at each TN Welcome Center and with our affiliates, creating positive revenue for Keep America Beautiful, as KAB receives a $1 for each pound of litter received by TerraCycle. Participating in TerraCycle’s Cigarette Recycling Program is KTnB’s latest effort to grow their socially responsible, environmental programs. In addition to introducing cigarette recycling, KTnB works to set a sustainable example through community garden maintenance, vacant lot restoration and education initiatives. TerraCycle has collected hundreds of millions of cigarette butts globally. Additionally, through its various recycling programs, it has engaged over 200 million people across 20 countries to collect and recycle more than eight billion pieces of waste that were otherwise non-recyclable.

If you haven't heard of Saie, you will soon. Since launching last September, the clean beauty brand has rapidly attracted a feverish level of enthusiasm for its affordable, luxury-quality offerings that supply glowing skin, lustrous lips, and long, full lashes without any (and we mean any) toxic ingredients. What's more, with a just-announced new round of seed funding led by Unilever—also joined by goop founder and wellness guru Gwyneth Paltrow—Saie is primed to become even more of a player in a market that’s expected to reach $22 billion by 2024.   Launching an accessible line with clean formulations, sustainability, and transparency as key pillars—and having it deliver by today's standards—is no small feat, but for Saie founder and CEO Laney Crowell, it was the "only way to create the brand she wanted to see herself." Having spent five years as an executive at Estée Lauder, and founding her own wellness website The Moment, Crowell was inspired to launch Saie when, after seeking to detox her lifestyle, she realized there was a dearth of clean makeup products that "performed, looked cool, and weren't too expensive." Crowell began by recruiting some of her former Estée Lauder team members, including Sarah Tallman to lead product development, who was already on a personal journey towards clean living after being diagnosed with breast cancer, and Tina Gu to oversee finance and business development. With Crowell also enlisting the help of her friend and wellness influencer Geri Hirsch as creative director, Saie's first collection of hero products—tinted lip balm, mascara, brow gel, and an eyelash curler—launched in the fall, free of 2,000 harmful and irritating ingredients commonly found in cosmetics.           Clean mascaras tend to leave much to be desired, so it's no surprise that Saie's Mascara 101, which harnesses beeswax, shea butter, and quickgrass extract in an inky formula that doesn't flake or smudge, has become an instant cult favorite. And rest assured, formulas that both perform and impart nourishing benefits is a common theme throughout the range. "I wanted Saie products to be the things people needed but couldn’t find clean alternatives for; things like mascara, lip gloss, and highlighter," explains Crowell. "And then we decided to take it a step further, and make products that aren’t just exciting in the clean world, but that disrupt all of beauty with highlighters that aren’t stroby, just simply cool; lipgloss that’s a treatment too; mascara that gives you that super chic look and is crazy nourishing." For the lips, there's the lightly tinted everyday Liquid Lip Balm, infused with squalene, beeswax, and coconut oil, or Really Great Gloss, loaded with juicy, plumping, and hydrating hyaluronic acid, coconut milk, sunflower butter, and grape-seed oil. For a sun-kissed skin effect, there's glossy sheen-imparting Dew Balm highlighter, laced with hydrating fatty acids and calming marshmallow root, and illuminating Glowy Super Gel, which utilizes plant-derived glycerin, brightening vitamin C, and antioxidant-rich rosehip seed oil. A new bronzed shade named Sunglow, meanwhile, came as a suggestion from their community.       Just as important as their consciously-crafted formulas are their sustainable, yet stylish and shelfie-inspiring packaging, which was designed in partnership with TerraCycle. "I wanted Saie to have chic, fashionable branding and packaging so you’d be excited to see it in your makeup bag," explains Crowell. "It was a lot to take into consideration, especially since we’re so focused on sustainability, and I drove my team nuts, but I was just tired of compromising in one place or another and I was hearing from so many others that they were, too." Moreover, Crowell hopes that the solutions they've innovated will have ripple effects within the industry. "My hope is that bringing big beauty expertise to the clean market, like performance and packaging, changes the way people think about clean beauty," she says. "I believe it’s the only way forward for ourselves and the planet."         So what's next for nine-month-old Saie with more funding, and Paltrow throwing even more weight behind the brand's mission after goop became its first exclusive retailer at launch? Product development, retail expansion, and marketing, says Crowell. As far as the latter is concerned, there will continue to be a major emphasis on community engagement, with an open dialogue to facilitate two-way feedback. And while inclusivity has been a focus from the beginning, from the brand's campaign stars to its collaborators and paid influencers, Crowell is continuously looking for new ways to ensure their customer base sees themselves in the brand. "We’re, of course, still working on ways where we can be better, but our community holds us accountable," she explains, adding that Saie is launching their first complexion category next month, and that a “complexion crew” of community members was established to help guide the shade creation. "We can’t claim to be a brand that’s both good for people and good for the planet without being a brand that supports and takes action for all races, genders, and sizes."

O idealizador do projeto Evandro Vanderlei de Lima, empresário, dono da EVL Metais, já atuou na profissão de catador de lixo, e percebeu a necessidade de montar um ponto de descarte voluntário de materiais recicláveis para ajudar na separação correta do lixo em Riomafra. Junto com alguns amigos conseguiu realizar a abertura dos containers de descarte.