unclutter | Unclutter 2014: days 241-260 (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 1–240: 451 out (127 landfill, 179 recycled, 83 charity shop, 20 gifts, 1 returned to owner, 8 Freegle, 1 bartered, 15 used up, 9 food waste, 8 archived), 113 in, net out: 338.

Days 241–260 totals: 4 out (3 recycled, 1 gift), 10 in, net out: -6.

I had another busy period (including visiting and reviewing 29 pubs in 8 days), so I'm not too worried that my total this time is negative. Details of the past 20 days are below.

Day 241: 1 out: 1 box of washing powder taken to food bank (we're swapping to liquid concentrates). 1 in: 1 book about Charringtons the coal merchants (this actually arrived a couple of days ago but I forgot to count it in).

Day 242: 2 in: 1 pestle and mortar, 1 nail file/buffer.

Day 243: 1 out: dead plastic bowl put in recycling.

Day 244: Nothing in, nothing out.

Day 245: 2 in: pair of oven gloves.

Day 246: 1 in: oral history book.

Day 247: 2 out: old pair of oven gloves put in textile recycling.

Day 248: 1 in: 1 pint glass (present for bob from a friend).

Day 249: 2 in: 1 copy of The Cleaver Quarterly, 1 copy of the 2015 Good Beer Guide.

Days 250-256: Nothing in, nothing out.

Day 257: 1 in: Third-place trophy for the natural goatee division of the British Beard Championships (won by bob).

Days 258-260: Nothing in, nothing out.