2018 - No Clutter To Be Seen

Saver-upper

406-424:19 coathangers that I have been driving around in the boot of my car,waiting to find a supermarket that takes them for recycling-found a Sainsbury's that takes them.Which is good,because I had only been driving them around in the boot of my car for the last 6 weeks :eek::rotfl:
425-440:didn't really count them,but this would be a conservative guess,of the number of plastic bags I also returned for recycling-all broken,torn ,or otherwise shredded

Rootle

Hi, just wondered if anyone knew what to do with the elastic bands that come wrapped round their post? Online searching has been mixed and its not the thin red plastic bands but thicker beige ones.

I'd really like to get rid of the hundreds I have accumulated already! I reuse what I can but there is way too many for that.

Thanks

mummyjane

People sometimes make craft items, I know of one person who made a non slip mat! x

oceanspirit

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178/2018

retiredinfrance

A friend's son made a bouncy ball out of them, but I don't know if it bounced or how many it took. It sits on their mantelpiece. Meanwhile.....
Sorting through my sock drawer, as one does,
122 empty manicure set
123 another old pair of socks
124load of bubblewrap. Not in sock drawer but as I needed some to wrap
125 small ugly dish to CS I found lots of it.
126 completed Sudoku book to recycling.
DD came for the weekend and took away
127-131 books.
And thanks Edwink for the help with correcting my typos.
See you all soon.

SillyLily

Rootle, could a school or farmers market use them? Our farmers market uses them to bunch veg and would be happy to take them, although I am in the US.

Mrs_Salad_Dodger

Mrs_Salad_Dodger wrote: »

Hi all, I was supposed to be doing lots of baking/cooking today but got up really late (watching the ski jump - I do love the Winter Olympics:)) so went back to clothes sorting. My 3 x 2 foot high piles are now 1 washing basket full to be ironed, folded & put away :j + 2 wm loads, so

1470 Quilted Shirt to cs
1471 - 1473 Short Sleeved Shirts to cs
1474 - 1475 Long Sleeved Shirts to cs
1476 - 1477 Cotton arm slings to cs
1478 - 1480 Cream coloured Cushion Covers to cs
1481 Decorated Cushion Cover to cs
1482 - 1485 Orange coloured Cushion Covers to cs
1486 - 1488 Old Stained men!!!8217;s Tops to Rag Bag

1489 - 1490 Books to Cs
1491 - 1493 Booklets recycled
1494 Plastic Milk Carton washed & recycled
1495 Free Newspaper read & recycled
1496 Sudoku Book completed & recycled
1497 Non recyclable Plastic Bottle binned
1498 Old lampshade binned
1499 Broken headphones to Recycling Centre
1500 Shopping packaging binned or recycled as appropriate

To a clutter free 2018

MrsSD
1500/2018

Hi all you !!!8216;decluttering fiends!!!8217;:eek:

Not posted since 11th Feb. as have been baking/cooking & cleaning. Have managed to do a bit of decluttering & having delivered 2 large bags of !!!8216;stuff!!!8217; to cs on Thursday, have started the next bag already:

1501 - 1503 Plastic Milk Cartons washed & recycled
1504 - 1505 Tin & glass jar washed & recycled
1506 - 1507Magazines read & recycled
1508 - 1510 New gadgets packaging recycled
1511 - 1515 Small Cardboard Boxes dismantled & recycled
1516 Broken toilet roll holder to Tip
1517 - 1518 Large bags of old wooden fence to Tip
1519 Broken belt to Tip
1520 Book to cs
1521 - 1530 Crafting Items to cs incl. ribbons, bow, beads etc
1531 - 1535 Hairbands incl. scrunchy, Alice Bands, 7 foot long glitter ribbon etc to cs

:wave: jammieb - welcome & I love the name. It is never too late to declutter:T

To a clutter free 2018

MrsSD

jammieb

Right so after starting a bit late this is my first progress post;
1-15 - Old university text books sold on WeBuyBooks (I graduated nearly 8 years ago so it's about time!)
16-91 - Clothes sent to the charity shop
92-96 - Clothes sold in eBay (all still had tags on them and never worn)

I am quite surpirsed i have managed to nearly get to 100 in just a couple of days. Got a few other bits on eBay so once they sell should tip me over my first 100 items,

retiredinfrance

Yes, regular hunting is the way to go!
Every morning I go round the house and try to tidy 5 things away, so now I just look out for the clutter. Not sure of the maths -will count up later.
Another pair of wornout socks to textile recycling.
Pile of paper to recycling
pile of low value stamps to a stamp tin to use up- probably doesnt count as decluttering but they were all mixed in with the paper mentioned above. I was clearing a small drawer in my desk.
fistful of supermarket receipts from handbag to compost bin.
See you all soon.

tboo

Rootle wrote: »

Hi, just wondered if anyone knew what to do with the elastic bands that come wrapped round their post? Online searching has been mixed and its not the thin red plastic bands but thicker beige ones.

I'd really like to get rid of the hundreds I have accumulated already! I reuse what I can but there is way too many for that.

Thanks

Royal Mail suggested sending them back so they could recycle them but this link is from 2011 so not sure if they still require them back. Apparently they are biodegradable.

From the article

Use them to keep things together e.g. rolled up posters, documents, batteries.

• If you make jams, chutneys, etc at home why not use them over the lid to hold down the cloth.

• Use to open jars. Only one band is usually required for this but it is a way of making use out of them. When jars are difficult to open by hand place a rubber band around the lid and this should give you more grip and make it easier to open.

• Resealing food packets; crisps, rice, biscuits etc.



Anyway in the CS bag which will have to go out soon

86) a portable usb keyboard for a mobile phone