Unclutter 2014: days 91–110

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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. I didn't get around to posting about days 91–100, so this post covers 20 days instead of ten.

Days 1–90: 241 out (61 landfill, 103 recycled, 47 charity shop, 8 gifts, 3 Freegle, 1 bartered, 5 used up, 7 food waste, 6 archived), 41 in, net out: 200.

Day 91: 3 in: new laptop + cable + screen cleaning cloth.

Day 92: Nothing in, nothing out.

Day 93: 1 out: glass bottle now surplus to requirements (recycled).

Day 94: 13 out: 1 broken cup (landfill), 2 leaflets for the local credit union (archived), batch of old bank statements (shredded and composted, counting as recycled), 5 spare plastic doorhandles (recycled), 3 random bits of plastic (recycled), 1 plastic spoon (recycled). 1 in: AppleCare Protection Plan certificate arrived in post.

Days 95–98: Nothing in, nothing out.

Day 99: 1 out: pair of slightly-too-small trainers taken to charity shop.

Day 100: 1 out: batch of old bank statements (shredded and composted, counting as recycled). 1 in: plug adaptor for overseas guests.

Day 101: Nothing in, nothing out.

Day 102: 4 out: 4 books taken to charity shop.

Day 103: 11 out: 11 things from a shed clearout by bob (all to landfill).

Days 104–105: Nothing in, nothing out.

Day 106: 2 out: 1 packet of dried-out wheat tortillas from freezer (food waste), 1 packet of three-year-old tofu from freezer (marinated with lemon juice, garlic, ginger, and soy sauce, then baked).

Day 107: 1 out: 1 half-bottle of vinegary mustard that nobody likes (mustard in food waste, bottle in recycling, counting as 1 recycled).

Day 108: Nothing in, nothing out.

Day 109: 3 in: 1 USB drive, 1 card from arts & crafts fair, 1 box of Trivial Pursuit questions from charity shop.

Day 110: Nothing in, nothing out.

Days 91–110 totals: 34 out (12 landfill, 13 recycled, 5 charity shop, 1 used up, 1 food waste, 2 archived), 8 in, net out: 26.

Total net out at day 110: 226.