Reuse bottles and containers
MANY of us purchase things which come in either bottles or containers and many of us throw them away after using only once.
If you think practically, we will not see bottles or containers as a waste.
Take note, there are so many ways to reuse them. If you have a few or too many of them lying around in your home — don’t throw them away.
According to website onecentatatime.com, reusing and re-purposing plastic helps in saving environment as well.
“These empty containers and bottles can save you lots of money,” reported the website.
“And you will not need to do any hard work, just clever thinking will save you money.”
1. Use plastic bottles for storing extra paint. This extra paint can be used for wall touch-ups. So you will not need to buy new paint cans for doing small touch-ups;
2. If you have any medium- or small-sized containers, then you can use it as a pencil or pen stand;
3. Glass bottles can be used as vases. Glass bottles with attractive shapes can become good flower vases as well;
4. Use as a funnel to bore a hole in the lid of a plastic bottle. And then stick any hollow but tough plastic straw into the hole. Cut the bottom of plastic bottle, and your funnel is ready to use;
5. Watering plants — first cut the bottom off of a plastic bottle and then keep them upside down near your plant. If you keep the lid of the bottle loosely screwed on and add water, your plant will be watered slowly;
6. You can store pins, nails, and screws in any small container;
7. Use glass bottles as a makeshift candlestick;
8. Glass bottles with different shapes and colours looks good as home decorations;
9. You can use bumpy base of a plastic soda bottle to juice a citrus fruit;
10. Workout — fill plastic bottles or containers with water or soil. It will make them very heavy. That much weight can be used as free weights;
11. Colourful lights — if you put small bulbs in different coloured bottles, and group them decoratively you can create a festive mood.
12. Make ice — if you want ice just to make water cool, then keep bottles filled with water in a refrigerator to make ice;
13. Store cookies or other small baked goods in metal or plastic containers;
14. Sewing material organisation — storing buttons, threads, needles in small containers is great idea. If you keep those things in a container, these small items will not get lost and neither will your hard-earned money;
15. Grow plants — plants can grow in plastic bottles or containers;
16. Small containers can be used to store clips, hair bands, etc;
17. Instead of buying new water bottles, you can use reuse any type of bottle for tap water. This is infinitely more ecologically sound than buying bottled water;
18. Party showpiece — tie a different coloured ribbon around neck of glass bottle and your party showpiece is ready;
19. You can create sand art using transparent glass and plastic bottles; and
20. If you juice your own citrus fruits, use a plastic bottle to store the juice in the fridge.