When the usual donation centers turn down your usable items, there's still hope !  and it may help!!
Reuse is so popular in Lane County that local reuse centers get so full they need to be more selective than we would want. Lane County Waste Management gets frequent inquiries about what to do with items that still have life but thrift stores and reuse centers have turned down.
Try these ideas:

List item for free on internet bulletin boards such as
Craigslist (free section)
EugeneFreeRecycle (a Yahoo group)
FreeCycle

Setting household furnishings out at the curb on a sunny day with a free sign on it is often successful at catching the eye of someone in need or who sees vision in your item for a project. One person's trash is another person's treasure. Be sure that it is not obstructing traffic of course and watch the weather to avoid damage to the item.

Talk to friends and neighbors, post a note on a bulletin board, in neighborhood newsletters, at your church, community center or grocery store.

Try these to find homes for your items, AND help our community:

AlchemList
Transforming communities by making donating items to non-profits as easy as item, zip, search! AlchemList helps match your item up with a non-profit that needs your item(s) with just one click. The non-profits located closest to you are listed first but you are welcome to donate to any of the AlchemListed non-profits. AlchemList is the labor of love of Jen of Eugene and Josh of Seattle. The largely web-based prject aims to raise the visibility of local non-profits through their wish lists while at the same time promoting reuse and helping non-profit wish lists come true. Donating items to non-profits is more important than ever right now because many non-profits are struggling to meet increased demand with diminished budgets.


MECCA
The Materials Exchange Center for Community Arts, offers free supplies to teachers,  a scrapers delight in supplies, workshops and studio space. Containers too small to go in comingled recycling can help a crafter organize their materials. Wine corks can be turned into a variety of crafted items from bullitin boards to decorations. Bottlecaps, fabric remnants, stickers, yarn and all sorts of scraps can all be inspiration to the sustainable artists and crafters in our area. Get to know your local MECCA, right next door to the Eugene Train Station.

Repair2ReUse
Reuse is great for those items that are still in good shape, but what about those that just need a bit of tender care and repair? Many repair shops also take donations that they can fix, and then sell. Supporting repair shops build stong, sustainable local economoies with jobs that don't get shipped overseas through providing services to neighbors--in this case, repair. Lamps, dolls, furniture, cameras, hot tubs, watches, garden tools and equipment, appliances, bicycles and stereos.


For industrial materials....
have a look around IMEX:
The goal of IMEX is to conserve energy, resources and landfill space by helping businesses and organizations find alternatives to the disposal of valuable materials or wastes.