Can't Keep the Deceased's Clothes? Must Replace the Mattress? One Article to Understand the Principles of Handling a Deceased Pe

Principles for handling the belongings of a deceased family member, dispelling traditional folk myths, and providing practical advice based on legal and environmental regulations: 1. Inheritance Legal Issues: Belongings with property value, such as mobile phones, luxury goods, or collectibles, are legally considered part of the inheritance. Before the division of inheritance, the consent of all heirs is generally required, and it is not advisable for a single heir to dispose of them or give them away. 2. Mobile Phones and Digital Data: The physical phone can be continued to be used or recycled, but access to built-in accounts is different. Both Apple and Google have mechanisms for requesting deceased user accounts, allowing designated contacts or relatives to apply for access to some data, but they will not directly provide passwords. Be sure to delete data and perform a factory reset before recycling. 3. Handling Clothes and Bedding: • Clothes: Although there is a traditional custom of burning paper clothes, there is no rule that the deceased's clothes cannot be kept or given away. If in good condition, they can be washed and placed in a used clothing recycling bin or donated. • Mattress: If hygiene and psychological conditions permit, it is not necessarily required to replace it. If discarding, you need to schedule large waste removal with the local environmental protection bureau. • Comforters, Pillows: These are considered non-recyclable used clothing. They need to be placed in a special garbage bag for collection by the garbage truck. If the volume is too large, you need to schedule removal as large waste. In summary, traditional taboos can be regarded as local customs, and the handling of belongings should be flexibly managed based on the family's emotions, the value of the items, and local waste sorting regulations.