Uses for empty plastic milk "bottles"?

carolbee

does anyone have another use for these, we are lucky that in our area the council do collect for recycling, and I use mine to fill up with water from the water butt and take up the garden/greenhouse to use as a small watering can, and to 'water' my brand new wormery. I have a stock of filled ones under the butt and take them up and down the garden as necessary.

given that there must be trillions of these about, what do you use these for?
I'm sure the MSE's will come up with lots of ideas?

fender

One old classic was to build a rain gauge.

pollys

Cut off the bottom at an angle and use as a scoop, especially good if you have a childrens sand pit.

HKP_2

A bird scarer.
Turn bottle upside down and put a garden cane through the open end. Plant cane in your garden/alotment plot and when the wind blows the bottle rattles against the cane and scares the birds away.

SusanCarter

Plant pots. Turn upside down and cut bottoms off. Thread an old piece of wood through the handles so they stand up. We're growing beans in them this year. The garden cane fits nicely into the handle so it doesn't fall over. The bit you've cut off can be used as a seed tray or as a "saucer" for other pots.

tiptoes

If you freezers not full to keep it running more efficeintly flill with water and freeze also in the tightwad gazzette there is an idea for a easter basket made out of them.

I also use as scoop for cleaning the rabbit hutch.

HappySad

I go through lots of those plastic milk 4 or 2pint bottles each week in our family (Dh, me, toddler + new baby). How can I re-use some of them without throwing them all away to be recycled.

doitmyself

Hi, wont re-cycling be more useful, to everyone than what you may be able to make out of them? They are milk bottles, now used milk bottles, let them be recycled to be once again milk bottles..

Babysoft

Hang them in the garden, put holes in bottom and hose pipe in top.... showering al fresco in the sunshine

doitmyself

Babysoft wrote: »

Hang them in the garden, put holes in bottom and hose pipe in top.... showering al fresco in the sunshine

See what I mean?

mossstar

If you like gardening, invest in a copy of 'The lazy kitchen gardener' by John Yeoman, where he shows you how to make all kinds of self-watering, space saving planters etc. out of them!

And how to use up lots of other stuff too!

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