We check when the next council clean up is, book in and focus on the bigger 'rubbish' first. DD's toys get a thorough clean out before Xmas and bdays, we go through and chuck anything that's broken, decide whether toys she no longer plays with are good enough to put away and keep or whether to give them away (friends, charity, freecycle). Clothes get a going over in all of our cupboards and same applies.

Kitchen stuff is a good one to go through in our house too. How we end up with so much stuff that we don't even use, I have no idea! If it hasn't been used in a while it gets freecycled (charities often don't take this stuff).

One of my friends recently held a 'junk' party, where we all brought along stuff we no longer wanted to swap and everything left over went to charity. It was a great way to clear stuff out!