environment, personal

I have always preferred sparingly furnished rooms – probably a reaction to my parents' house where whole rooms were dedicated to collect clutter.

However, I am guilty of buying cheap throwaway clothes, mostly at charity shops, some at H&M.

This means that once a year I take half of my clothes back, so last night I took a trip to my local clothes collection recycling facility.

The eight bags below contained:

• 16 t-shirts
• 9 polo shirts
• 4 shirts
• 3 trousers
• 3 jeans
• 1 pair of shorts
• 2 jumpers
• 4 pairs of shoes
• 1 duvet
• 3 cushions

They all went in here, not without considerable effort, as the four containers were rammed to the top:

And then I crossed the parking lot to Sainsbury's and bought more stuff.