Comments on: How can I reuse or recycle 35mm film canisters?

By: Recycling Electronics

Recycling Electronics — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:54:26 +0000

The most obvious use is for storage, and ideally utilising their canisters built-in airtight qualities (keeping things dry). To that end there are a number of small electronic items that could benifit from being stored in such as USB sticks, electronic components (capacitors, resisters, diodes), and particularily small items that are prone to rusting.

By: kim

kim — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:42:43 +0000

If your a painter like I am they are the best for storing paint. It keeps it from drying out. I also just made a scuplture out of them!!

By: Amy

Amy — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 12:43:10 +0000

As a photography student who adores 35mm film i use tons of these and only recently have started to recycle them into pinhole cames for extra long exposures, called Solargraphs. using only a drinks can, needle and photographic paper [ i use ILFORD RC black and white paper, 5x7 sheets will do

Here is how to make a pinhole camera out of a 35mm canister:
http://home.mchsi.com/~pinholecamera47/pincam_1.html
[take no notice of the development stage, you just need a dark room, or bag to put your photographic paper in the tub]

Here is the info on Solargraphy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_exposure_photography [scroll down to solargraphy part]

and Here is the result of my first ever solargraph:
this is the negative, which is how the photographic paper looked staright out of the can: http://www.flickr.com/photos/amii_roarr/5397910746/in/photostream
This is after digitally scanning in and inverting on photoshop.

I attached my pinhole to a lampost, or anything that stays still, using cable ties [zip lock ties], and left it out for 2 weeks, with the pinhole looking straighht at the sun, the paper wil record the paths of the if left out for long enough, and the best thing about it is that there is no development needed, once the paper has been exposing for a few days the image begins to burn into the paper.
have fun :)
if you need any more information email me at amy_rolo@hotmail.com
:)

By: guri123

guri123 — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 19:06:33 +0000

Hi, I saw your post and I know its an old one but I was wondering if you have any film canisters left. Im looking for black preferably but as long as its opaque I’m not too fussed about the colour. I will reimburse your postage costs. Thanks

By: How can I reuse or recycle Strepsils “handy tubes”? | green-zine.co.uk

How can I reuse or recycle Strepsils “handy tubes”? | green-zine.co.uk — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:43:54 +0000

[...] 2cm/an inch in diameter and about 10cm/5ins long. The lid pops off but re-seals securely – the new camera film canister, [...]

By: Kim Bishopp

Kim Bishopp — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 22:10:50 +0000

I’ll take any clear cases going free and am happy to pay P&P costs, I use them for storing crafts bits and bobs and want to use them for dividing up beads for classes, email me at kimbishopp@gmail.com for an address! Would be very very grateful!

By: mary lou

mary lou — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:00:34 +0000

I am an avid gardener for orver 40 years (am 72). I always carry several of these and empty medication vials in the trunk. I never know where I can pick up extra seeds and have a container for them instead of a kleenes tissue which I might later discard unintentionally. They have a label on them and I can query the donor with details, such as when to plant, how to take care of them etc.

By: Alomar

Alomar — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 12:49:58 +0000

Give them to the military we us them for apexes in our tool boxes. Any support section would love to have them.

By: HuntingWabbits

HuntingWabbits — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:11:40 +0000

Container for:
Coffee
Hair gel
Vitamins
Nuts, bolts
Coins
Earrings
Beads
Mini-First aid kit (Band-Aids etc.)
Salt+Pepper
If you paint and label them, they can be a pill organizer
Candies
Herbs, Spices
Barbie shoes
Buttons, pins, etc
Clay
That marble-dart-board thing
Party favors
Little rockets
Not-so Nerdy pocket protecters
Hair Pins/ties
Batteries
cat toy
Christmas decorations
Just carry an empty one around in case you need to store small objects
Stuff a plastic or thin fabric bag in there

Some more ideas: http://www.makingfriends.com/readers_film_canister.htm

By: Ralph

Ralph — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:42:18 +0000

If you have clear ones, you can send them to me. I use them to store coins for my collection. (I started using them while I was in Berlin during the early ’90s…scarfing them up from photo labs…and now have several thousand). rneeper@verizon.net

By: Ray Mondo

Ray Mondo — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 13:46:17 +0000

Use 35mm canisters as important insulating element in DIY solar lights (best nearer the equator):

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/21/world/21geneva.html?_r=2&ref=global-home

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:39:03 +0000

you can use them to make a film canister cannon instructions are at http://www.instructables.com/id/Portable-Film-Can-Cannon!-Advanced-Version!/

By: Bobbie

Bobbie — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 14:24:23 +0000

I’m almost embarrassed to mention how I use them. Oh well, honesty is best, right? I stuff one of the “thin” sanitary pads in one for emergencies and carry it in my purse. That way the pad doesn’t slide out of my purse and make me turn very red. lol

By: Christian

Christian — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:32:56 +0000

They make good “micro” size containers for geocaching.

http://www.geocaching.com

By: Marcie

Marcie — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 22:05:05 +0000

Our art teacher uses them for paint. They hold just the right amount for student art work. You can send them to us (I’ll personally re-imburse the postage). Please contact me at mmitchell@ssfusd.org

By: carolyn

carolyn — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 08:17:55 +0000

You could also donate them to your local Girl Scout/Guide troop. We use them to make SWAPS when we go camping.

By: c5

c5 — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 05:29:57 +0000

Tape several together in a round form. Label a number in each canister with the center as the highest. Think of it like a dart board but then, at a distance you try to shoot a marble to aim the highest (bullseye) score.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:02:20 +0000

Hi Janet

I am desperate for these for the children at my primary school – we use them loads in science lessons. Please please please save some for us!!!!!

A fellow Wright,

Nicki

By: jane

jane — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 10:36:47 +0000

We also use these pots in our secondary school electronics lessons. They are perfect for holding an individual quantity of solder for the pupils. Unfortunately, they don’t seem to last too long due to the close proximity of a soldering iron!
Any spare cannisters will be greatly appreciated by our pupils (and the teachers!)

By: J.Wright

J.Wright — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 17:09:28 +0000

Hi Lesley, we have about 30 I could send now and could send a dozen or so every few months. Please send your address if you still need them, thanks
Janet

By: Linda Schultz

Linda Schultz — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:47:30 +0000

lesley webster wrote:

I am a teaching assistant at a primary school and would appreciate any of these as I use one with each pupil for them to keep their sight words in, a valuable aid to reading, very important I am sure you will all agree.Many thanks in anticipation.PS I used to get them from our local chemist but they no
longer develop films and so am really desperate.

Do you have an address to mail canisters?

By: ali

ali — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 21:08:49 +0000

Hi Lesley,

I have some of these for you if you can still use them…

By: Julia Singleton

Julia Singleton — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 13:57:00 +0000

Lesley, do you still need film canisters?

By: vicky

vicky — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 18:25:43 +0000

WE USED THESE TO RAISE MONEY AT OUR PLAYGROUP, 2P S (ENGLISH ) FIT NICELY IN TO THEM AND YOU CAN GET ABOUT 22P IN IF I REMEBER RIGHTLY THE CHILDREN BROUGHT THEM IN AND BALANCED THEM ON A PILE EACH DAY. EVEN THOSE WITH LITTLE MONEY COULD JOIN IN WE MADE OVER 120.00 IN A FORTNIGHT MORE THAN WE MADE FROM MOST OTHER FUNDRAISERS AND WE REUSED THE POTS THE NEXT YEAR.

By: PAUL

PAUL — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 06:22:11 +0000

USE THEM TO MAKE MINI ROCKETS WITH BAKING SODA AND VINIGER AS FUEL

By: lesley webster

lesley webster — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 07:45:38 +0000

I am a teaching assistant at a primary school and would appreciate any of these as I use one with each pupil for them to keep their sight words in, a valuable aid to reading, very important I am sure you will all agree.
Many thanks in anticipation.
PS I used to get them from our local chemist but they no longer develop films and so am really desperate.

By: Jo

Jo — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:03:13 +0000

You can keep your eraser nice and clean in one of these tubs inside your pencil case – especially useful if you have lots of very soft pencils/ carbon sticks/ charcoal/ chalks etc in your pencilcase.

By: njtomboy

njtomboy — Fri, 17 Aug 2007 23:52:52 +0000

Feeling ambitious… How about a room divider:

http://tinyurl.com/yt53zu

By: reducinator

reducinator — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 03:55:21 +0000

Switch to a digital camera

By: Jamie

Jamie — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 21:02:56 +0000

I made a mini first aid kit with one of those.. lol
Just decorate it on the outside, the put half a q-tip, some first aid cream in a small baggie (cut it) some bandaids and maybe some gauze. On the outside paint a red cross or “First Aid Kit” I even hot glued some dental floss as a handle! I even saw some people use them as keychains (attaching them with a key ring)