What Should You Do With Leftover Promotional Items?

BySwagCycle

Sometimes there are leftover products after your event or trade show, it’s being expected. It is always better to have too much than too little. But what is the best thing to do with these leftover promotional items that are no longer useable?

Glad you asked, like you, we hate things being wasted!

So here are some helpful tips and uses that you should consider for the next time this happens to you.

Repurpose

Your occasion is finished, you’re depleted. However, the day was a gigantic achievement. Goodness, yet it appears as though there is some promotion stock extra and your associate is gradually advancing toward the canister with them. Hold it in that general area, you shout. With your newly acquired thrifty promo knowledge, you know this is not the smart play.

Here are some potential thoughts we should use for all things considered: 

  • Gift them to representatives or new starters.
  • Offer them to clients as a present with buy. 
  • Shock walk-ins with them as a giveaway thing.
  • Offer them to dispatch drivers. 
  • Reuse them on your next occasion. 
  • Add them to gift bins or pool prizes. 
  • Give them as a prize for contests or via online media.

Donate

In the workplace, we often get unbranded examples shipped off us, so we can be 100% positive about the nature of items before we sell them. They additionally are displayed to customers for thoughts or ideas.
Over the long haul, these do add up and we ultimately have no need for them. Our number one thing to do with these things is to give them to the neighborhood shop. It’s a mutual benefit and guarantees nothing goes to waste.

All things considered, “One man’s waste is another man’s fortune.” 

  • Other good thoughts for gifts include: 
  • Schools (writing material things are typically well known). 
  • Put a posting internet utilizing Gumtree or Facebook. 
  • Nearby causes. 
  • Donning groups (drink bottles function admirably here). 
  • Second Hand/Thrift Stores. 
  • Nearby craftsmen may likewise discover use in old limited-time items.

Recycle

Reduce, reuse and then recycle.

Despite the fact that it will be smarter to give or repurpose them some of the time, this is the last choice. It is also going to be the last stop for leftover promotional items. SwagCycle help your company or organization repurpose, recycleand donate recycle promotional items.

Inquire as to whether the item can be reused. 

There are a lot of areas for you to reuse things, including handbag canisters at the general store, your standard control side reusing receptacle or holders for change stations. 

Then again, you can repurpose these things in various imaginative manners: 

  • Reuse them in craftsmanship pieces. 
  • Transform them into something different, for example, a beverage bottle into a vase. 
  • Utilize old clothing as clothes in the carport or for painting. 
  • A few things may likewise be compostable.

"SwagCycle is a startup focused on responsibly managing the lifecycle of branded merchandise. When companies rebrand or get acquired, many often dispose of their obsolete branded merchandise. Leveraging our proprietary network of partners, we make this problem go away by helping companies repurpose and recycle unwanted branded items in a responsible, ethical, and affordable way.

SwagCycle is a proud portfolio company of Grossman Marketing Group, a fourth-generation marketing services firm with a deep history of corporate responsibility.

We’ve developed a simple and efficient 3-step process to address the issue of obsolete branded merchandise with companies:
(1) Assess the inventory of unwanted items;
(2) Confirm brand guidelines to determine if excess items can live on with charitable partners or should be recycled; and
(3) Match items with appropriate charities and/or recycling partners.

An important term to consider is landfill divergence. We want to ensure that items do not get thrown away, but instead, get repurposed or recycled responsibly.

The response from the charitable community has been wonderful. Some of our founding charitable partners include organizations like United Way, Jewish Big Brothers Big Sisters, Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston, and Dress for Success, among others."