I'm not trying to be callous but I'm not leaving a house full of crap for my children to have to clean up after I'm gone.

My grandfather lived through the great depression and never threw away anything. Piles of aluminum foil, chemicals that hazmat had to come take away. It was a huge ordeal and no small expense for my father.

So yeah, get rid of it. Give it to someone who needs it or can use the scrap money.