How can I reuse or recycle … water cooler bottles?
I know most water cooler bottles already go back to the supplier for reuse or recycling (she says, hopefully) but what about ideas for those ones that get lost along the way?
John rescued one from a skip near his work the other day and brought it home thinking we could use it as a cloche or something in the garden – but since we already have lots of drinks bottles set aside for that purpose, I’m trying to think of something else to do with it instead.
The plastic is so solid it seems a shame to cut it up but there isn’t a lid so I can’t think what we would bottle in it.
Any suggestions?
You could donate it to a local youth group that could utilise through perhaps junk modelling (use it dor the main body of a robot). Also it oculd be used as part of a drum kit utilising other items that would normally be recycled or disposed. Charities may use as a receptacle for donations particularily coins. Also useful watering can perhaps.
Hi do you still have this? I am looking for one for a project. Will you sell it to me?
Hi Angie,
Where are you located? I have a few of these lying around. Drop me a line at mfshearer (at) gmail. Thanks!
Mike
homebrew?
These are really hard to get hold of because they are one fo the few things reused as a matter of course
While a little involved, there is a pretty cool project you can do:
Cut a hole in the bottom of the bottle, fill it with soil, make a stand out of wood to hold the bottle upside down and use it as a planter!
Make sure you push the soil firmly into the neck, then put the neck in a bowl / container of water.
The soil will wick the water as needed.
Feel free to make a skirt to hide the bottle if you want – it’ll stop algae from growing where the sun hits as well.
We have ours standing in the hall, every week we put all loose change into it, and at X-mas time donate all the money to charity
This may not be to everyone’s taste…
I cut the top off of mine, removed the seal, and replaced the top upside down in the barrel. Along with a rainwater filled watering can to flush, this became a garden shed based urinal for collecting fertiliser.
School science departments could use them for a number of practicals -eg. greenhouses, gas experiments.etc. Do you have any spare. I am in Surrey.
Peter Haw
I would donate it to a school science class. I had a science teacher who used one to make a pretty neat explosion. She swished a couple of tablespoons of rubbing alcohol around in the bottom, then held a long fireplace match over the mouth and fwoom! It blew out a couple of the ceiling tiles :) (Oh, don’t try this at home, by the way.)
you can turn them into an outdoor fly catcher…
http://insected.arizona.edu/flyrear.htm
Has anyone seen ‘brainiacs’ on TV they used one to make a rocket, using a rubber stopper and a bicycle pump? Fill it part with water put in the stopper and a valve from the pump and pump it up, whoosh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Google it!)
Just hit it tucked under your arm as a great drum. I wanted to take some from work but just learnt I can’t! I’m devastated!
Hi there,
I’m trying to get as many empty water cooler bottles as possible for a charity raft race.
If you have a few or lots and lots, I can collect! Please call on 07801 212 958
:) Emily
Makes an ideal mini greenhouse to start ur seedlings or protect new plants from attack.
guys, i need 2 empties if anyone has/knows where to get…
would be much appreciated
garyt85 @hotmail.co.uk (remove the spaces)
cheers
how many gold dollars will fit in a water cooler jar
Make beer or Russian sour-sweet drink called kvas. Use a cork to close the opening. Make your own vine.
Cut off the thin part, and make into a side table.
Or, cut off the bottom and turn into a ceiling light fixture.
Store grains, beans, etc. in it.
Dear All,
I desperately need 8 cooler bottles for my project, I am shooting film and in urgent need for the bottles. I could buy them or borrow or if you are willing to give them for free i would be enormously grateful. Even if you have one or two, it would help a lot. I am based in London.
please get back to me!
adanayaha(at)gmail(dot)com
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Dear All,
I’m a science teacher looking to do some chemistry experiments in which the main ingredients are water cooler bottles.
Does anyone know where I can get hold of some?
I would be sooo grateful
My email is: nims3@hotmail.com
Thank you
Nims
I would be very grateful to have these bottles to use for school science experiments.. they are great!
PTY@gilberd.com
Plese email me if you can donate empty water cooler bottles?
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I would SO love to have a few of these water bottles if anyone has got any to spare. As others have said, they can be used in schools for science experiments.
I am located in Surrey (West) and would be prepared to collect within a reasonable distance. Please email me if you can any of these bottles.
Many thanks, duntekkin@yahoo.co.uk
I’d really like to track down a couple of these bottles, if I possibly can.
If anyone has any they can donate, I’d happily pay for transport, or come and pick them up.