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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Take no more than two hours to pack what they need (clothes, dishes, towels). They simply don’t need much. Put a post it on the few pieces of furniture you need. Call got junk and spend half a day directing them and let them trash/donate all the rest.

People spend way too much energy agonizing over this stuff. Just let it go.[/quote]

Thanks! We are definitely not agonizing over "stuff" and looking for the most expeditious way to clear out the apartment they are vacating. If we are agonizing over anything beyond the labor aspect it's not wanting to add to the landfill when there's quite a bit that's more than fine for Goodwill etc. Does the junk hauler take things to the dump or a place like Goodwill? [/quote]

I will second the PP.  1-800-Got-Junk.  Do not agonize over your carbon footprint and landfills.  If it's only an apartment, it is 1/100th of the garbage that gets dumped daily by a family of 4 in a large home.  I don't know what these guys do with the stuff but it's not worth worrying about right now given what you're dealing with.  What I would do is exactly as PP suggests - 2 hours to pack what they need, Got Junk the rest.  Then, once they are settled, if you still feel badly about the landfill thing, spend the next 6 months reducing your own family's waste as a trade-off.  People in and around your parent's generation collected stuff.  Aging makes the hoarding worse.  Just vow to be different yourselves and throw this stuff away.
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