It's responsible to reuse or recycle old goods.
Bob's garage is filling up with odds and ends to the point where there is almost no room for his car.
Bob wants to get rid of some of his posessions to free up space in the garage.
To free up space, Bob sorts through the boxes and contributes useable clothing and toys to a local charity.
Bob indescriminately tosses boxes of unused items into a dumpster to free up room in the garage.
The lives of the underprivileged are made a bit better, and Bob gets good karma.
The unwanted items end up in a landfill, possibly polluting the environment, and Bob gets bad karma.