Pantry Clean

1. One Shelf At A Time

The key to not feeling overwhelmed is to work one shelf at a time. Place all the items on an open counter space or bring a table to work on.

2. Inspect Items

Inspect each item and remove/compost anything that is spoiled, rotten, or stale. These items can be composted. Mystery and unknown items can be composted as well. Use your judgement to make calls on mystery items.

Remove items that don’t belong in the pantry. Brooms, cleaning supplies, empty containers all take important space and have a home elsewhere. Make sure they make it to that home.

3. Wipe Down Shelves & Check Labels

Using the appropriate cleaner, Waxie Neutral Cleaner which can be found from the appropriate Dispenser. Use a damp cloth to wipe up crumbs, dust bunnies, and any debris off of the empty shelves. Allow the shelves to air dry, use this opportunity to ensure that each container does in fact have a label, if it looks faded or confusing create a new label. Remember to use the same date that is stated on the label.

4. Wipe Containers

Clean the containers as you begin returning them to the shelf. If container has leaked or become sticky/oily on the bottoms give them a quick wipe down before returning the item to the shelf.

5. Organize

Organize Items as your return them, now is the time to match like items with another, or to designate certain items for particular purposes. For example spices can go with spices, cans with cans, snacks in a specific snack container, and baking supplies on another. One reminder on habitability, when replacing items back into Inventory remember to keep an 18’ clearance around all sprinkler heads.

6. Sweep

Give the entire pantry area a solid sweep of the floor and throw out any trash and swept up debris. Look underneath shelving and along the edge of walls for dust bunnies and look above for any cobwebs, sweep up and bat away the cobwebs. Remove all detritus debris