As for the cardboard, it's easy to recycle, pretty efficiently. Plus you might look into this program: Https://givebackbox.com/amazon. Source: over 1 year ago

Do you think the item is in good enough condition to give to a friend for free? -- Try giving your items to friends and family. Otherwise, set the item at the end of your driveway and post it to Nextdoor and/or a Freecycle group on Facebook. If donating would make you feel better by helping someone else, take it to Goodwill, Savers, Salvation Army, a local library, a school, etc. Some donation centers even pick up... Source: about 2 years ago

At first, I thought OP's mention of "donation boxes" were actually these Give Back Boxes which would be filled with people's used items, but then OP clarified it to be mostly private label Chinese goods which makes more sense. Source: about 2 years ago

Like reading theinformation.com, watching youtube, and finding new opportunities to build businesses. Like with inside tiktok etc. Source: 6 months ago

If you look at any trend report like theinformation.com or explodingideas.co etc you'll see this stuff is everywhere. Source: 6 months ago

I just started building businesses on the side at my corporate job. I watched a bunch of YT videos and read explodingideas.co and theinformation.com religiously just looking for ideas. Source: 6 months ago

Id use market research tools like google trends, theinformation.com, explodingideas.co, ahrefs etc. To do research on things that are emerging and then capitalize on them basically via your content. Source: 11 months ago

Typically for the positive narrative and more opportunity driven narratives you would need to go with theinformation.com or explodingideas.co or something like that. Source: 11 months ago