You know the thing. That has been sitting in the basement or the garage or the closet. Maybe you have been meaning to fix it or use it again. Just throw it out.
It’s wasteful and unresourceful and grandmothers everywhere will be upset with you.
I keep a box of dirty—but otherwise perfectly functional—things on my balcony so that when I feel up for the task, I can clean them off and use them again.
don’t throw it out. you’re actually going to need it two days after you decided you would never use it again and tossed it. just don’t acquire anything new.