"I know it’s not entirely my fault, this material glut that accumulates in drifts and droves, turning my apartment, and probably yours, into a way station for w

"I know it’s not entirely my fault, this material glut that accumulates in drifts and droves, turning my apartment, and probably yours, into a way station for wayward objects." Your apartment, your life, your fault. Lots of people take "reduce, reuse, recycle" extremely seriously: generating very little trash, only owning things they need, not replacing them until they're broken, and then getting a used replacement. And in fact, if you just got rid of that junk by giving it to Goodwill or a Free Stuff Facebook group, you'd be helping reduce the consumption of new goods, too. Having it sit in that drawer is the second worst thing you could do.