Subcategory - Plastic Containers

"Odd socks usually transform into spare tupperware lids" - Anonymous

With a few hours available in the afternoon, and as I wanted to leave tomorrow for last minute preparations for the trip, I tackled what seemed to be the easiest sub-category in the kitchen of the plastic containers.

It was okay for a while, to sort it every few months. Most items were accounted for with that method.  Then I didn't do it for a very long time, E pulled things out for herself, items got tossed in there where it fitted. Smaller containers got lost under bulkier items. Matching container and lid took longer than necessary.

Regular shelves with small containers as well as larger mixing bowls and strainers.

The 'too big to care' shelf, spare lids. Once this got pulled out I discovered a greasy frying pot hidden away.

I didn't have much of a plan other than pull everything out, put it together, and then fit it back in again.

Step 1.

Step 2.

The 'put everything back' was harder than I thought, and realised no wonder this section becomes easily disorganised. Even with several of the same brand containers fitting together, they don't necessarily stack well together with each other. I ended up sorting several smaller containers which had enough numbers to make a set, into containers big enough to fit them in. Tupperware brand that prides itself in being THE storage solution is of course meant to be used in the cupboards being containers, not stored away taking up extra space. Ice cube trays, all of them being odd shapes and not stacking well, got put away in the freezer and now we have abundance of ice cubes ready to be used. Just in time for summer.

Shelves 1 & 2 with containers of containers, as well as some cooking bowls and strainers.

Shelf 3 with bulkier items and Tupperware spares.

Does anyone know what to do with vintage Tupperware lids and moisture dividers?

Overall I only threw out one bag of broken and otherwise missing parts, and everything else was either in use or otherwise useful to keep. Most of the throw-out items came from the hidden area. Which I think is credit to my original method of keeping regular tabs on the more often used pieces, prior to the shelves going feral.