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Old Spices, Stray Tupperware and More Things in Your Home You Should Probably Toss Out

10 Things In Your Home You Should Probably Toss Out

Home & Living

Dec 8, 2019 2:54 pm·

By Leanne Aciz-Stanton

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Single-Use Items

Banana slicer, cherry pitter, strawberry huller, apple corer: A kitchen tool that only performs a single task can probably be replaced with, um, a knife.

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Nonstick Pots and Pans With Scratches or Chips

Newer nonstick cookware is more durable than earlier generations; but no matter how old your set is, once the nonstick coating starts flaking off, you’re eating it.

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Equipment You Don’t Use

You were sure you’d use a countertop popcorn-popper at least once a week — but you quickly realized that buying SkinnyPop in bulk was just easier. Put it in the Goodwill pile, along with the ice cream maker, waffle iron, bread machine and/or yogurt maker that haven’t recently seen the light of day.

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Almost-Empty Bottles of Booze

That triple sec that’s been gathering dust since you stopped drinking Cosmos? Pour the remainder down the drain. Same goes for the bottle of coconut rum with two shots left and the last dregs of jalapeño-infused vodka.

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Free Samples

Creole rice seasoning, dairy-free butter substitute, nut flour: If you took it just because a nice guy was handing it out at the supermarket and you haven’t used it yet, now is the time to get rid of it.

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Old Spices and Condiments

If you bought celery seeds, za’atar, or ginger syrup for a recipe you’ll never make again and you haven’t used them since, it’s time to say goodbye.

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Your Backup Dish Towels

What are you saving those bottom-of-the-drawer dish towels for, anyway? If you drop a seven-tier cake or party-size bowl of punch, threadbare “in case of emergency” dish towels will be about as useful for clean up as a slice of Swiss cheese.

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Multiples of Anything

If you finally found a travel mug you love, there’s no need to hang on to backups with leaky tops. You can also whittle down your assortment of reusable water bottles, corkscrews, bottle openers and measuring cups to just one of each.

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Your Entire Tupperware Collection

The strays that you swiped from your parents, the one-offs that friends have abandoned at your house, the mishmash of takeout containers: Relegate them all to the recycling bin and replace them with a full set with matching tops and lids. Choose square or rectangular, which are more space-efficient than round.

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Food You’ll Never Eat

You bought it in bulk after reading that a supermodel has it for breakfast every day — only to realize that it tastes like dog food. Or you stocked up on something when it was 6-for-1 at the grocery store, but still haven’t opened a can. If you won’t be eating it in the next 24 hours — and it’s not expired — see if a local shelter is accepting donations.

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