unclutter | Unclutter 2014: days 51-60 (Reply)

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 1-50: 175 out (32 landfill, 87 recycled, 38 charity shop, 7 gifts, 3 Freegle, 2 used up, 6 archived), 31 in, net total out: 144.

Day 51: Nothing in, nothing out.

Day 52: 1 out: book used to pay for lesson at Trade School.

Day 53: 1 out: travel-size shampoo bottle that had been hanging around for ages (used up, recycled bottle, counting as 1 used up).

Days 54-56: Nothing in, nothing out.

Day 57: 19 out: 8 pieces of trash that had been hanging around in the shed for ages (landfill), 4 containers of takeaway food that had been in the freezer for ages (food in food waste, foil containers recycled, counting as 4 food waste), some pickled garlic, chicken fat, and tinned anchovies that had been in the fridge for ages (food waste), an empty wasabi tube (recycled), 2 empty packets (landfill) and an instruction leaflet (recycled) from kitchen drawer.

Day 58: Nothing in, nothing out.

Day 59: 1 out: a ginger teabag that had been sitting on its own at the bottom of a tin for months (made tea, drank it, used the tin to consolidate another clutter).

Day 60: Nothing in, nothing out.

Total out so far: 197 (42 landfill, 89 recycled, 38 charity shop, 7 gifts, 3 Freegle, 1 bartered, 4 used up, 7 food waste, 6 archived)
Total in so far: 31
Net total out at day 60: 166