"Repurposing" things - what have YOU done? Or what do you have that needs a purpose?

CurlyTop

calleyw wrote: »

Need some help to re-purpose something. I recently started buying vinegar in 5L plastic bottles for cleaning etc.


I now have a empty bottle and don't really want to chuck in recycling. And wondering what to use it for?

Calley x

Hi

If you are on Pinterest, search recycle 5l bottles .....The ideas are amazing ....although expect to be distracted ☺

yellowbear

CurlyTop wrote: »

Hi

If you are on Pinterest, search recycle 5l bottles .....The ideas are amazing ....although expect to be distracted ☺

Thanks, thanks a bunch...

gentlepurr

This is so glaringly obvious i cant believe i haven't thought of it before, but i was looking round the kitchen to find a lid to fit a bottle of beer so the wasps didnt get into it in the garden, and stumbled on the wine bottle stopper, perfect fit, so not just for wine any more...........

Mee

calleyw wrote: »

Need some help to re-purpose something. I recently started buying vinegar in 5L plastic bottles for cleaning etc.

Where do you buy it?

I normally buy standard size distilled vinegar from Aldi or Asda (cheapest source, but unreliable) for use in cleaning and as a fabric softener substitute.

calleyw

Mee wrote: »

Where do you buy it?

I normally buy standard size distilled vinegar from Aldi or Asda (cheapest source, but unreliable) for use in cleaning and as a fabric softener substitute.

Amazon. I get 4 x 5l bottles for about £13 ish.


https://www.amazon.co.uk/Golden-Swan-White-Vinegar-Litre/dp/B00TZT6GQE


Hope thats helps.


Yours


Calley x

jackieblack

calleyw wrote: »

Amazon. I get 4 x 5l bottles for about £13 ish.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Golden-Swan-White-Vinegar-Litre/dp/B00TZT6GQE

Me too!
Excellent product and delivered to boot

Wraithlady

Friend of mine had a 'cream tea' wedding breakfast - after we had all eaten and moved on, I went round and collected about 12 of the tiny jam jars used. Having been washed out, they are perfect for keeping different colours or types of beads needed for a beading project, with the bonus of, if the tray ( black plastic sandwich tray from a do at work, lined with an offcut of velvet) is knocked or slides off, I don't have to pick up a load of beads from the floor!

bit_by_bit

Back with a few more reusables.

No 1: This year I have reused a three containers that slabs come in for raised beds. they are like a box made of 5 pallets. (free)
No 2: Grown my vine over tent poles snaffled from collapsed tents from a festival. (free)
No 3: Used a metal top out of a disposable BBQ on end as a strimmer guard on the allotment. (free)

Pensionseeker

The plastic covers which come with dry cleaning make excellent and attractive bin liners for bathrooms: slit the plastic down the middle and across the shoulder section and push down the plastic into the bin, cut off the edge and it looks very attractive!

Eyeore

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

I never used to throw away jars, sadly I now have to with some as the glue used for the label is impossible to remove but I still save all I can and refill with jam and chutneys and also use the larger ones as containers for dry stores in my store cupboard. Sealing things into jars with tight fitting lids prevents a mass infestation of pantry bugs/flour weevils in all your stores and limits it to just one jar so avoids a great deal of waste. We also always save bread wrappers and I use them over and over to store home grown produce in the fridge until I want to use it, I do all the prep and chop veg into the right sized pieces and then tie a knot in the bag and they keep fresh for a long time.

Hi MrsLW, to get sticky stuck off jars mix a tsp of bicarb with a little water to make a thick paste and dab over the sticky bits. Leave for 10-15 mins then wipe off! Sometimes for really stubborn ones you may need to wipe back and forth with your finger but it works a treat ��

I use jars as vases and storage.