If you’re anything like us, quarantine has heavily tested your levels of at-home productivity. More time in the home means more time to delve into those intimidating projects buried beneath your daily to-dos.

We’re here to encourage you to take a page out of Marie Kondo’s book and finally tackle The Great Decluttering of 2020.

While the pandemic seems to have pressed pause on certain facets of life, some messes remain constant. That unwanted toy tower continues to grow as quickly as the children tossing the toys! If you find yourself living such reality, we think it’s time to give your thanks and bid farewell to old clothes, shoes, dolls and legos so that these items can find a home where they’re needed and cherished.

Luckily for Austinites, there’s never been a better time to declutter and donate.

Austin Resource Recovery and Goodwill Central Texas have teamed up to bring you a free on-call curbside collection service for unwanted clothing, shoes, accessories, toys, linens and housewares for reuse or recycling.

Simply schedule a pickup online or by calling 512-637-7196. Once scheduled, your collection bags will arrive in the mail. Fill them with your unwanted items and then set your bags out on your scheduled collection day by 6:30 a.m.

Clothing and housewares collection guidelines:

• Do not set out infested items out for collection. This service accepts items in all conditions for reuse or recycling so long as they are not infested with bed bugs or other parasites.
• Place all items for collection in your provided Clothing & Housewares Curbside Collection bags. Bags will be mailed to you prior to your pick-up day. If you do not have enough bags or your items will not fit in the bags, place them in boxes or bags labeled “Goodwill.”
• Set all bags for collection on your curb, on the porch or in the garage. If you are present during your collection, bags will be collected from anywhere on the ground floor of your home.

For more information, please visit austintexas.gov/clothing

Happy tidying!