In addition to black contractor bags, you should have regular white trash bags for garbage and/or recycling. It’s important that the donation bags are black and the trash

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bags are white so you can easily identify the different piles when categorizing and cleaning up. You don’t want to mistakenly throw out your donation bag and donate your trash bag. If you don’t want to buy black AND white bags, find another way to differentiate the types of bags. Another way to do this is using colored duct tape to label the bag (pink duct tape for trash and green duct tape for donations).

About Alejandra

About Alejandra

Since 2008, organizing expert & certified life coach, Alejandra Costello has taught thousands of students in 132 countries how to get organized through her video-based training programs. Her YouTube videos have been viewed 100+ million times. Named 1 of the 5 most organized people in America by HGTV and “The Decluttering Queen” by Good Morning America, Alejandra’s expertise has been featured in The New York Times, Oprah.com, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, Good Housekeeping, Family Circle, Woman’s Day, Parents Magazine, and CBS.