Unclutter 2014: days 41–50

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As previously noted, I'm doing Unclutter 2014, which involves getting rid of 1 thing per day in 2014, plus an extra thing for every thing that comes into the house. I thought I'd also keep track of where the things go (landfill, charity shop, recycling, etc). I'm planning to post once every ten days, giving a summary of how I'm doing.

Days 1-10: 32 out (6 landfill, 3 recycled, 19 charity shop, 2 gifts, 1 Freegle, 1 used up), 8 in, net total out: 24.

Days 11–20: 28 out (12 landfill, 6 recycled, 8 charity shop, 1 Freegle, 1 used up), 15 in, net total out: 13.

Days 21–30: 29 out (6 landfill, 11 recycled, 5 charity shop, 1 Freegle, 6 archived), 3 in, net total out: 26.

Days 31–40: 58 out (5 landfill, 53 recycled), 0 in, net total out: 58.

Day 41: Nothing in, nothing out.

Day 42: 4 in: Three new microfibre cloths and a new cloth apron.

Day 43: 4 out: 2 plastic bottles now surplus to requirements (recycled), 1 box that didn't have anything in it (recycled), 1 piece of blender that got broken ages ago (landfill).

Day 44: 2 out: half-empty bottle of conditioner that we moved house with over two years ago - the bottle had somehow gone mouldy (bottle recycled), plastic bag randomly hanging around in bathroom (recycled).

Day 45: 6 out: 6 books taken to charity shop.

Day 46: Nothing in, nothing out.

Day 47: 1 in: bob bought a set of Trivial Pursuit questions.

Day 48: 14 out: 2 books, 1 measuring cylinder, 1 pair of shoelaces all given to a friend; 1 bottle chilli sauce given to another friend; 1 card, 3 receipts, 1 packet, 2 envelopes, 2 letters all recycled.

Day 49: Nothing in, nothing out.

Day 50: 2 out: 1 broken button that's been hanging around for ages (landfill), 1 broken bowl (landfill).

• Total out so far: 175 (32 landfill, 87 recycled, 38 charity shop, 7 gifts, 3 Freegle, 2 used up, 6 archived)
• Total in so far: 31
• Net total out at day 50: 144