Unclutter 2014: days 281–300

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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 (or sometimes twenty) days, giving a summary of how I'm doing.

Days 1–280: 464 out (128 landfill, 185 recycled, 83 charity shop, 26 gifts, 1 returned to owner, 8 Freegle, 1 bartered, 15 used up, 9 food waste, 8 archived), 124 in, net out: 340.

Days 281–300 totals: 4 out (2 landfill, 1 gift, 1 used up), 2 in, net out: 2.

I am slowly, ever so slowly, inching towards my goal. Details of the past 20 days are below.

Days 281–284: Nothing in, nothing out.

Day 285: 2 out: A broken clothespeg and a broken bowl, both put into landfill.

Day 286: Nothing in, nothing out.

Day 287: 1 out: Top given to friend to take to clothes swap.

Day 286: Nothing in, nothing out.

Day 289: 1 out: Tub of dashi that's been in the freezer since September 2011, used up.

Days 290–297: Nothing in, nothing out.

Day 298: 2 in: An original painting and the bubble wrap used to transport it.

Days 299–300: Nothing in, nothing out.