Yes!! I hear you! - The woe of the harvest!
I've got some tips - it's messy. get some bin bags .... open them up (cut along one side so you get a big square) and tape them together.
This is your lovely trim mat that will eventually (and ironically) end up in the bin.
I like to give it a buzz cut first - like edward scissor hands
Then do a more fine trim removing the smaller leaves - you can keep the big leaves separated (for juicing or whatever) ... so you are only left cutting of the sugar leaves (which will fall on the cleverly designed trimming mat)
From here ... i read some cool ideas from
@Biotabs F69 for keif and all that.
Check this out!
https://www.autoflower.org/threads/making-hash-biotabs-style.61380/
The soil ... for me goes in the bin of mixed in with the garden soil.
The stems get cut up small and put in the bin.
I find it easier to trim on the plant ... this has the small advantage that when i finally chop at the base ... i can hang the whole thing upside down with a clothes hanger in my tent with my carbon filter on ... and come back in a few days and check how they're doing.
From there, i may decided to cardbaord box (or paper bag) em to finish of the dry.