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Any suggestions what to do with pill bottles? Crafts? Donation to organizations?
Any and all suggestion appreciated!
Pill bottle uses
There are many craft ideas for pill bottles. You can use them to make a wreath, some peple make storage bottles out of them for their sewing cabinets. There are so many things you can do with them from making snowmen to a piggy bank. Here is a site that should get you started using up all your old pill bottles. homesthetics.net/
You could do lots with pill bottles.
If you're a seed-saver, pill bottles are a good place to store the seeds. be sure to label the bottles.
This is NOT my auction, but what I do is sell them on eBay:
www.ebay.com/
This lot of 135 pre-owned empties sold for 29.16. Now the SELLER paid for shipping, so he/she probably netted $20 after fees and postage.
For those that have any damage to them and are in a number my town recycles, those go in the recycle bin.
Probably the biggest use right now is for storing craft materials as they are ideal for for all the small pieces used in this line.
Sewing - needles, buttons, pins, even zippers, sewing kit for travel/car/purse
Fishing - hooks, faux bait, sinkers, fly fishing supplies, (some are waterproof but not all)
Jewelry - store earrings, bracelets, necklaces, etc
Jewelry - supplies for making jewelry
Sell - these can be listed for sale on eBay and other sale sites but they are not fast sellers. Check eBay for examples of all size lots and prices are up and down all the time. Place a 'watch' on any you would like to if they sell.
Probably a lot that I have never seen or even heard of so check Google for more. Here is one site to check out:
www.diyncrafts.com/
Has anybody figured out a use for those blue cases that some prescriptions come in?
By sheila hagen from Boise, ID
Do you mean the blue flat dispensers that you have to pop out the pill daily? What a waste and a "pain" to deal with.
If you find a local crafter on freecycle.com, you can donate them.
People find that quarters for the laundry work great in them. You can use them for camping to keep matches dry, esp' if they are the kind that seal well. You can roll stamps inside, keep office supplies and first aid in your car or dorm.
Here is something that I did and submitted. Just keep in mind, tiny, airtight, see through, and if you don't need them, donate them to the local crafter's guild.
www.thriftyfun.com/
Now, if you are talking about the ones that flip up, then those are great for buttons, separating coins for parking, keeping fake nails apart, bead storage and more then there is room in my brain at 3:36am!
I haven't found a use for them so I just recycle them with our other plastics once a month. I make sure I peel the labels off first. Our garbage company takes plastics numbered 1-7!
I like them because the days are labeled and I can remember if I took my pill that day. I also take the plastic foil thingy out (don't know what it's called)
and throw it away before recycling.
This is a page about making a pill bottle first aid kit. Having a mini first aid kit in your purse or backpack can come in handy.
This is a page about making a pill bottle hide-a-key. It is easy to have a weather proof hidden key outside your home to make sure you can always get inside.
Rather than throwing them away or into the recycle bin, you can make many creative projects using medicine or pill bottles. This is a page about craft ideas for used medicine or pill bottles.
A great way to reuse your prescription bottles is as a car air freshener. You can drill holes in the lid and put some scented oil on cotton balls inside it. This is a page about prescription bottle auto air freshener.
Use one of those old prescription bottles banging around in a drawer to make a small, portable sewing kit. This page contains ideas for making a prescription bottle sewing kit.
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I have a zillion empty old prescription bottles, the plastic kind and don't have the heart to get rid of them. I know they could be used for something. Any ideas? - Murph
My husband and I have a lot of medicine bottles that I throw away. I hate throwing them away if they can be used for something else. Could someone give me some ideas on how to recycle them?
Anyone have any ideas of what to do with old prescription bottles? I have been saving them for a long time. I want to use them for something useful or crafty, but haven't thought of anything yet.
Does anyone have ideas for using medicine bottles? I have a bucket full of clean, empty plastic pill bottles. Hate to just toss them.
