100+ Things You Should Throw Away, Donate, or Recycle
One a Day: 116 Things to Throw Away, Donate, or Recycle

Cleaning out clutter can be a tough task, especially if you have been letting it build up for a while. Instead of setting aside a huge block of time to take care of months' or years' worth of clutter, take baby steps by throwing away only one type of item a day. And by throwing away, I mean recycling, selling, donating, or — as the last resort — trashing. Here's a list of 116 types of items that will take you about four months to dispose of.
— Additional reporting by Maya Berry
1 Scratched nonstick cookware

2 Scraps of wrapping paper

3 Boxes

4 Pens that don't work

5 Magazines

6 Frayed towels

7 Hair accessories you don't use

8 Tired bras

9 Cooking utensils you have two of

10 CDs for old computer programs

11 Furniture manuals

12 Old fortune cookie fortunes

13 Old t-shirts

14 Old folders

15 Worn-out shoes

16 Spare furniture parts you don't need

17 Expired medication

18 Purses you never use

19 Old pillows

20 Frequent shopper cards you never use

21 Delete email subscriptions from sites

22 Delete unwanted music from your iTunes

23 Ripped denim beyond repair

24 Stockings with runs

25 Shoes that don't fit or that you don't wear

26 Wedding invites

27 Old artwork or old children's artwork

28 Broken Christmas decorations

29 Old calendars

30 Broken kitchen equipment

31 Extra tupperware you don't need

32 Matchbooks

33 Old paperwork

34 Extra photo prints

35 Old makeup

36 Bills you don't need to keep

37 Gifts you don't like

38 Cell phone covers you're over

39 Old cell phones

40 Papers you have backed up on the computer

41 Used and ripped envelopes

42 Old prom dresses

43 Dried flowers

44 Little knickknacks (designate a bowl and fill it)

45 Toys your pets don't play with

46 Old toiletries

47 Stained clothing you can't clean

48 Dried-up nail polish

49 Old wallets that you don't use

50 Books you've already read and don't want to display

51 Leftover change

52 Old and outdated software

53 Broken electronics

54 Expired sauces

55 Unused stationery, stickers, and sticky notes

56 Receipts you don't need

57 Expired food

58 Bobby pins

59 The other side of a pair of lost earrings

60 Old or unused hangers

61 Flatware, plates, and glasses that don't match the rest of your collection, plus dingy children's plates you no longer use

62 Rusty jewelry

63 CDs

64 Cards people have given you with no sentimental value

65 Random containers and jars

66 DVDs you don't watch

67 Old underwear or swimwear that's losing its stretch

68 Worn-out bath mats

69 Expired or sample-size toiletries

70 Wedding favors you don't use

71 Snacks your pets don't eat

72 Hand-me-downs that you're guilt-tripped into keeping

73 Necklaces and bracelets with broken clasps

74 Old bank statements

75 Christmas lights that don't work

76 Broken or old iPhone cases

77 Outdated electronics

78 Clothes that don't fit

79 Freebie or promotional t-shirts you never wear

80 Expired coupons

81 Old mail

82 Old schoolbooks you'll never use again

83 Kitchen things you don't use

84 Damaged clothing you can't mend

85 Old unused batteries

86 Extra buttons

87 Cables and wires you don't use

88 Games that are missing pieces

89 Old spices

90 Extra and unused coffee mugs

91 Cell phone accessories you don't use anymore

92 Worn-out sheets and bedding

93 Ticket stubs

94 Socks with holes

95 Wrinkled ribbons and bows for gift wrap

96 Save-the-dates

97 Scarves you never wear

98 Old towels

99 Computer cords, firewire cables, etc., that you don't use

100 Hair elastics that have lost stretchiness

101 Clothing you've outgrown

102 Empty bottles of cleaning products
103 Travel brochures

104 Old shopping bags

105 Old planners

106 Unused vases

107 Cards or gifts from exes

108 Old manuals to electronics

109 Clothes that are outdated or from college

110 Old crayons or art supplies, plus markers that have run out of ink

111 Extra buttons that come with newly purchased clothes

112 Delete emails you don't need

113 Address labels for your old house

114 Magnets

115 Junk mail

116 Old mending buttons for clothing you no longer have

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