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How to Keep Things Out of The Landfill

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2023-02-14T13:48:22-06:00February 15th, 2023|Categories: Recycle|Tags: donation, recycle, reduce, repurpose, reuse|

The best way to keep things out of the landfill is to reduce, reuse, recycle, so let’s look at what these three R's mean individually to determine a viable approach. You can mix and match these options, or maybe you have an option I’m not aware of, it doesn’t have to start with an R. Using all three R's provides a variety of actions that will lead to the ultimate goal. Reduce One way to reduce means to get away from buying products with packaging that isn’t environmentally friendly such as plastics. Yes, I know you CAN recycle many [...]

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Using The 1 In 1 Out Rule To Prevent Clutter

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2020-11-17T13:41:09-06:00October 14th, 2020|Categories: Clutter|Tags: free up space, prevent clutter, recycling, reduce|

This is a favorite organizing tip that I, and so many other professional organizers use. The 1 in 1 out rule states that when you bring an item into your home, you remove an existing item. The 1 in 1 out rule is a good way to prevent clutter. To make a more significant impact, try removing 2 or more items for every 1 new item that comes into your home. This concept will consistently reduce the number of things you own and free up space, and it rings true for every purchase. Consider the 1 in 1 out rule [...]

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Organizing Printed Photos

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2023-06-27T16:09:32-05:00December 11th, 2019|Categories: Photos|Tags: categories, digitizing, memories, negatives, organizing, reduce, storage|

People of a certain age, older adults, have a lot of printed photos. In the past, there were actual cameras we used with film cartridges that you had to take in for developing. Those actions led to a mass quantity of physical photos. It’s not unusual to find boxes of loose photos, negatives and those little cardboard slides for projectors in my client’s homes. Back in the day there weren’t as many options for storage and to display printed photos as there are today. We also didn’t understand how to preserve our treasured memories so we could enjoy them for [...]

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Remember The 3 R’s as You Downsize

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2020-11-17T13:41:17-06:00December 4th, 2019|Categories: Downsizing, Recycle|Tags: downsizing, recycle, reduce, reuse|

The 3 R’s are - reuse, reduce and recycle. These are very important R’s to remember at all times. I just read something the other day on the internet somewhere, I can’t remember where, that suggested we add a 4th R – refuse. The context pertained to refusing to use disposable plastic water bottles. That’s a great idea. I think it could be added to the 3 R’s and considered as you downsize, and not just for disposable plastic water bottles. Refusing to add another unwanted or unneeded thing to our living environment makes sense. Throughout our lives we downsize [...]

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