Are you getting ready to tackle some Spring Cleaning around your home or office? Clearing clutter is a critical first step to organizing. When clutter (the things you no longer need, want, or add value to your work or life) is out of the way, you’ll be able to find what you need, when you need it, much faster. 

After you’ve removed the items you no longer want, you may be wondering what to do with them. We’ve got you covered! There are a variety of organizations that handle donations, recycling, trash and hazardous waste.

Upcoming Recycling Events

Saturday, April 20: The City of Sammamish is holding a Styrofoam and Latex Paint collection event at Sunny Hills Elementary School between 9am and 3pm. They’ll also be selling rain barrels, compost and worm bins. Get more details here. 

If you’re looking for other recycling events in King County, here is a link to their website.

Upcoming FREE Shredding Events

Securely disposing of paper clutter and documents that are past their retention date can be a struggle.  If you have more paper than you can process through your personal shredder, here is information on some upcoming FREE shredding events:

• Saturday, April 20: The Windermere Issaquah office is sponsoring a “Free and Easy” Shred event from 10am to 2pm. More details, including location, here.
• Saturday, April 27 between 11am and 3pm, bring your items for shredding to Cascade Ridge Elementary, where old bills or sensitive documents will be professionally destroyed on site. This event is sponsored by Cathy Santiago with Windermere Real Estate and Laney Shorett with RPM Mortgage.
• Saturday, May 11: The Bellevue South Windermere office is sponsoring a “Free and Easy” Shred event from 10am to 2pm. More details, including location, here.
  

Dates and information about other local shredding events can be found here.

Beyond Spring Cleaning and Paper Shredding

Organizing is a process, not an event. When you finish your Spring Cleaning efforts, consider setting up organized systems and habits for long-term success. Would you like to reduce the amount of paper that you have to process, retain or dispose of? Here are five easy tips for moving towards a paperless system.

Did you uncover documents you need to keep but want help organizing?  We can help you to create efficient and effective paper and digital filing systems and organized habits to maintain those systems.

Contact us to learn how we can help you create an organized system for your documents.