Well, it may depend upon what type of work that you do. For example, since i do Intarsia, it is not uncommon to use pretty small pieces so i tend to not want to throw them away. i have gotten a little better, if its fairly common wood, I will ditch the smaller pieces. I have a 5 gallon bucket that sits next to the saw area. I toss in there. We then use it in the fire pit we have. I took one of my kids old toy bins and use it for the smaller scrap pieces that I save.