Comments on: How can I reuse or recycle dental floss packaging

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 21:12:14 +0000

SONOCO might take it. There might be a local place near you.

By: Nancy Today

Nancy Today — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:34:53 +0000

I never thought of guitar picks! Perfect! I’ll tell my sons!

By: Nancy Today

Nancy Today — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:33:18 +0000

You could use it for basket making, instead of raffia or cedar roots.

By: Nancy Today

Nancy Today — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:32:27 +0000

excellent idea!

By: G

Fri, 23 Jul 2010 04:04:06 +0000

It makes a good travel case for earrings that tend to get lost, or other small items. Also can be used to hold a condom in your purse or pocket for discretion.

By: Loretta

Loretta — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 04:20:37 +0000

When your dental floss is gone, don’t throw away the square plastic container it came in. It’s useful for many things.

It makes a great take-along sewing kit, spice shaker, tea bag and toothpick holder, etc.

To make a tiny sewing kit simply pop off the insides with a fork prong. There’s just enough room for several bobbins of thread, sewing needles and a needle threader. To cut the thread, use fingernail clippers.

They also make a perfect holder for those hand and face wipes.

For on the go, dental floss containers hold 2 – 3 bags of tea or the next time you go camping, they make great take-long spice shakers. Simply pop off the plastic insides, fill with herbs and spices then pop the insides back on to help with shaking. (don’t overfill or they can pop open. When storing spices, wrap with a rubberband)

These containers are perfect to store hair clips and pony elastics in. (No more digging to the bottom of your purse!)

They make great toothpick carriers too, as well as a place to store your vitamins for taking after meals.

My friend uses one to keep his guitar picks in.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 22:03:30 +0000

Store small items like beads, pins, screws.

By: tina

tina — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:02:14 +0000

how do u recylc floss

By: James Jeep

James Jeep — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 19:04:25 +0000

Maybe you could put fishing line onto it, knotting it at the spool so that it does not come off and attach it to a small stick. Attach some net curtain eye hooks to the stick. Then you would then have a handy pocket fishing set. Attach a hook to the end of the fishing line and “Go fishing” If the fish puts up too much fight you can use the handy blade to cut the line.

By: James

James — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 00:27:37 +0000

I have found that you can put 20 nickels ($1 worth) in a used box of floss after removing the mechanisms inside. This could be extremely useful for a coin collector or someone counting their nickels and dimes so that they don’t waste any money in these turbulent times.

By: pamela

pamela — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:30:17 +0000

put thread in it, and use for sewing kits…the cutter blade works instead of scissors….also, I am a basket maker, and i make little necklace pouches out of waxed linen thread. I have carried waxed linen thread, which i use for weaving, on airplanes, where they will not allow scissors. I can cut the thread, and weave with my fingers.

By: renee

renee — Sat, 09 Feb 2008 08:26:09 +0000

lots of them have a cool space age design to them Turn them into toys, brooches or even pendants. you can even melt them into different shapes.

By: sam

sam — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 06:50:41 +0000

you could remove the top of it and the guts fill it with a drink and shove a spoon in it it might help to encorage little kids to keep hydrated. miniture ice block makers

By: jackduan

jackduan — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 04:58:07 +0000

Dear sirs:

I admire your creative ideas to do the useful things.

Mabye,you can draw the character of cartoon on the plastic dental floss packing,You can take it as the children’s toy.

I worked as a manufacturer that specialized in the dental health products,such as dental floss,dental floss pick and onther products.

Now,we have produced the new design credit card dental floss.If you are interested it ,pls let me know.

Regards
Jack
Company:Suzhou Zhenya Technology Co.,Ltd
Add:Zhangqiao Industrial Park,Yuexi Town,Wuzhong District,Suzhou,China
Phone:8613913509883

By: Jein

Jein — Fri, 04 May 2007 20:53:50 +0000

Perhaps if it is big enough you can use it for gum, lozenges, pills, (if you are brave enough for pills anyhow) small notes of paper or receipts you want to be sure to find…and maybe if all else fails it’d make a nice cat toy? XD Kinda sleepy, maybe I’ll think of something better later. Good luck to all who want to reuse their dental floss packaging.

By: marco

marco — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 19:09:52 +0000

maybe, if you remove the blade you could use it as an ipod headphones case, to stop the wires getting tangled up.

By: Nichola

Nichola — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 04:26:31 +0000

Maybe a bobbin would fit on the little spool, you could wind the cotton onto the bobbin using a sewing machine and like Trish said, add a few needles and you have a sewing kit.

By: rose lynch

rose lynch — Sat, 21 Apr 2007 08:53:35 +0000

Could you remove the blade and use it to store spare seeds?

By: Trish

Trish — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 22:13:36 +0000

well, IF you can refill it, put some thread in it, and a needle if it will fit, instant sewing kit for your purse, or car.