some people make lots of 'stuff' with salvages. if you do not want to use them for anything put out the word and someone will take them off your hands...people make purses, totes, wall hangings and quilts from salvage strips. i throw away very very little. slivers cut off edges being squared is about it, everything else is put into baskets...strips (anything wider than 1/2") go into one basket...i use these for hooking rugs, wrapping clothesline, and string quilts; triangles, squares, little pieces of what ever into another basket (if it is big enough to fold it goes back on the fabric shelves) when my baskets are full i either get busy with them or i bag them up and pass them up; if i do not have a certain person requesting scraps at the moment they go to the local pre-school or elementary school art department. but i applique alot so i use some pretty small pieces and always have a basket to look through to find the perfect flower center, eye ball, tree branch what ever.
scraps can really build up quick (they multiply like rabbits) but the senior center, local guild, sewing groups and schools all appreciate your donations if you have no use for them yourself. it is such a shame to hear of people throwing away literally hundreds of dollars worth of fabric that could easily make a difference in someone's life.
my granddaughter's 2nd grade class used the elenor burns book "It's Elementary" for a whole math segment of their class and created many different projects using a garbage bag of scraps