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After I've finished using a liquid detergent bottle, I think the washed-out bottle could be used to store important items of some kind.
I have made many useful "scoops" and funnels in various sizes to fit the job its needed for. I save plastic detergent bottles, also bleach bottles and fabric softener bottles.