I would love to see ideas on planned leftovers, not necessary for food. For instance purchasing an item wanting the container for a further use.
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i really like the plastic flip top tasters choice boxes! I store "W&W's" (as my son jokingly refers to them)
in them or the ones I get from a Dutch bakery near here which are called Earnies & other candies or candied fruit ! Glue a couple quarter sized (.25c piece) googlie eyes on the brown lid for fun!
Also I used to buy a bakery item that came in a super sturdy clear plastic box (i believe it was mini muffins)
The box was slightly rectangular & would fit the larger size recipe cards.
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I purchase gift packs that are on clearance after the holidays...just for the containers they come in. I take the soaps, shampoos & other bath items to a local shelter, and keep the containers.
We buy lunch meat in plastic lockable containers. Ones like they sell: hefty, glad lock, ziplock. After the meat is gone we wash the containers and reuse them for multiple tasks: left overs, drawer stock (paper clips, rubber bands, tea bags, fuses, push pins, etc.) and nuts/bolts to name a few things.
Jimmy Dean pre-cut sausage patty slices come on a very hard plastic twin tray, suitable for beading projects. To set on a bathroom or kitchen counter to hold jewelry. Perfect size for a pencil/pen tray, etc.
I always, always, buy products in glass jars versus plastic, like salsa, jelly, peanut butter, etc. These are then washed and recycled as homemade jelly and jam jars (yes, they are safe, as long as you seal the jelly with a paraffin wax layer on top). I put hot peppers in vinegar in them, etc.
Other plastic jars with screw on lids are saved for camping trips and the like; to carry shampoo, syrup, ground coffee, sugar, etc. Keeps things from spilling, and raccoons, bears, and sugar ants can't unscrew the lids!
metal coffee cans instead of plastic store cooking oil after use.
Spices in clear glass or plastic bottles-when empty, I use them to store beads I have sorted.
I buy Catalina spaghetti sauce. In addition to it being the only commercial one that I think is not too sweet, I also buy it for the beautiful jars. I've gotten so many of these that I've been giving then away on freecycle. I store all kinds of stuff in them; anywhere from food to cotton balls, nuts, bolts, etc. Some are sitting on my counter top loaded with food items . I'm thinking about painting the lids with craft paint or attaching a pretty cloth topper like you see on jars in the stores.
My baby spinach and mixed salad greens come in clear plastic boxes with fitted lids, they are about 7"x11" and 3"deep. I use them for scrapbbooking and cardmaking supplies. The lids have a rim on them and they stack securely. They are clear so it's easy to see what is inside.
I use them in the cupboard to keep taco seasoning envelopes, etc. neat. I also have a yellow container, similar to the one at the beginning of this file, and use it to store sandwich-making fixings in the frig. I just pull it out when hubby's hungry.
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