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Kake ([personal profile] nou) wrote in [community profile] unclutter2014-11-20 07:05 pm
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Unclutter 2014: days 301–320

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 1–300: 468 out (130 landfill, 185 recycled, 83 charity shop, 27 gifts, 1 returned to owner, 8 Freegle, 1 bartered, 16 used up, 9 food waste, 8 archived), 126 in, net out: 342.

Days 301–320 totals: 60 out (1 landfill, 4 recycled, 49 charity shop, 2 gifts, 1 used up, 3 food waste), 5 in, net out: 55.

Finally got past 365 net out, thanks to a clearout of cookery books in collaboration with [personal profile] bob. Details of the past 20 days are below.

Day 301: 2 out: Halloween stickers and crocheted pumpkin given to nephew. 5 in: 4 microfibre cloths and 1 postcard.

Day 302: 3 out: 2 packets of dried fish products, ancient and not stored properly (put in the food waste), 1 packet of ancient TVP chunks (used up).

Day 303: 1 out: Plastic bowl put in the recycling.

Day 304: 6 out: Cracked mug put in landfill; 2 tops, a coathanger, and a food warmer taken to charity shop; 1 bottle very-expired squash put in plastic recycling (after pouring contents down sink).

Day 307: 2 out: 2 books containing Bad Science put in the recycling.

Day 312: 1 out: Ancient and bad-smelling jar of instant coffee decanted into the food waste.

Day 314: 25 out: 25 books taken to charity shop.

Day 318: 20 out: 20 books taken to charity shop.

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[personal profile] fred_mouse 2014-11-24 01:56 pm (UTC)(link)
You have inspired me to start decluttering again. Only twice this week, but I have found five Vogue clothing patterns I'm never going to use (other clothing patterns are less likely to be thrown out, as they fit properly in the drawer), and three jars of nearly full flavouring essences, with expiry dates of 1994. Yes, I've been using them, but really, I don't love them enough to use a couple of drops of each a year!