Comments on: What Do I Do With Five-Year-Old Trash?

By: sara.h

sara.h — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:53:26 +0000

when i moved back to dc, i had to decide what to do with this this wire in-box type basket that i had moved from DC, to VA and then to Florida. It contained papers that I “should do something with” like old health insurance policies and drafts of my Bar application. For one of my in-between-moves, i had put the whole thing in a plastic shopping bag so that nothing would fall out, and then put the whole thing in a hallway closet where it stayed for two years. I ended up just throwing the whole thing away, box and all. If i didn’t need anything in there for three years, there was a pretty solid case to be made that I never would.

By: Mr. T in DC

Mr. T in DC — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:48:53 +0000

I’d throw it all out with the exception of the empty cans and bottles, which I’d recycle. As an aside, all that junk in your car, year after year, adds needless weight that will reduce your gas milage and performance.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:03:39 +0000

Throw the whole thing away without a second look. The risk of tetanus or an antibiotic-resistant staph infection is too high.

By: Mark Athitakis

Mark Athitakis — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 15:49:21 +0000

Put it on eBay as “Cherkisiana.”