Many
people collect plastic dishes to use for leftovers and packed lunches. Often
these end up filling a cabinet with clutter and mismatched lids. Here are
suggestions for getting it under control.
1) Figure out what sizes you need
most and limit yourself to only buying or keeping a consistent size/brand.
2) Make sure you have a lid for
every container
3) Put mismatched containers into
recycling or save them in a separate place to use for other organizing projects
(i.e. desk and dresser drawers, hardware, etc.)
For
example, I chose to get freezer style containers for leftovers that are a bit
heavier duty and freeze well (since I sometimes freeze leftovers.) You see how
they all stack with lids available underneath. I also kept a few other sizes
for smaller items, making sure I had lids for each. I kept just enough to
reasonably fill the cabinet. These sizes all fit into lunch boxes.
I kept a
few larger containers for temporary storage of larger amounts of leftovers, but
only if I had a matching lid. If I really wanted to consolidate, I could limit
myself to no more than three sizes and put everything into those. It just
depends on how you do things.
The main
point is EVERY container must have a matching lid, and all containers should
match enough for easy and neat stacking.
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