Crocs If you know anyone that wears Crocs, do them a favor and donate them to Soles4Souls.

Running shoes Time for a new pair of running shoes? Donate them to Nike’s “reuse-a-shoe” program to be made into sporting surfaces.

Used motor oil If you do your oil changes at home, take your oil to an oil-change facility to be recycled.

Christmas lights Home improvement stores are offering coupons in exchange for your old strands of incandescent lights.

Ink/toner cartridges Staples will take back those old cartridges you no longer use for $2 a piece.

Trophies Have some “participation” or ‘most improved” trophies laying around? Recycle them HERE.

Wine corks Ladies, having a lot of wine nights? Donate your corks HERE.

Low-energy light bulbs Ikea will take back all those old low-energy bulbs that you don’t know what to do with.

Crayons Crayons break, melt, or just get old. Donate old crayons HERE so they can be made into brand new crayons.

Toothbrushes TerraCycle recycles items that don’t quite fit the recycling bin.

Brita water filters Preserve, a company that creates products from 100% recyclable materials, will recycle the plastic of old Brita filters for you

Legos Brickrecycler will take all those old Legos just sitting around your attic and donate them to foster children.

Keys Key For Hope collect old metal keys and sell them to recycling centers. The money is then given to food banks.

Sex toys Next time you purchase a new toy don’t just throw your old one away. Come As You Are takes used toys.

Garden hoses Put your DIY skills to work and use those old garden hoses to create a masterpiece to impress the wife.

Greeting cards Should you could just recycle those stacks of greeting cards from the holidays, but St. Jude's takes it to the next level. Greeting cards Should you could just recycle those stacks of greeting cards from the holidays, but St. Jude’s takes it to the next level.

Bras Don’t toss out that old bra when it’s done supporting you, recycle it.

Cosmetic packaging Girls, instead of throwing away those old cosmetic packages, some companies will take them back.

Pantyhose and tights Pantyhose and tights can take up to 40 years to decompose. Donate them to No Nonsense to be made into playground equipment.