Comments on: How can I reuse or recycle little yoghurt drink bottles like Actimel?

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 11:28:30 +0000

I use Actimel pots to hold small amounts of paint for my g daughter , so if they spill not to much is wasted and not a lot off mess ,
also these pots make great musical instruments ,
place lentils inside then cover the top with paper and a band .
also stretch a rubber band from top to bottom this makes a great sound too . kate pascoe hanley

By: Piper

Piper — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 14:26:20 +0000

I don’t want to spam this post, so I’ll just drop the link to a previous post, on what to do with Actimel bottles!
http://www.recyclethis.co.uk/20071221/how-can-i-reuse-or-recycle-yoghurt-pots/comment-page-1#comment-1058503

By: Brennan

Brennan — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:44:42 +0000

Plastic Bottle Jump Rope:
http://zakkalife.blogspot.com/2009/05/craft-project-plastic-bottle-jump-rope.html

By: Ruti

Ruti — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:49:48 +0000

my kids love these for play food, as well as used as bowling pins – good for sand and water play too, but I totally love the music shakers and 3 wise men crafting ideas

By: Hilary

Hilary — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 09:10:51 +0000

Check the recycle symbol on the base of the bottle. If the number is 01 or 02 you could recycle these bottles in the plastic recycling centres organised by your local council.

By: Sandra Harris

Sandra Harris — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 09:22:06 +0000

Again on the plant theme I cut off the tops and bottoms then I cut the body in vertical strips and use them for labels for my cuttings

By: Ariana

Ariana — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 03:59:42 +0000

Similar to Jingso — I fill them with water and use them for sprouting avocado pits or flowering bulbs like amaryllis. The pit or bulb sits on the lip without the use of toothpicks, with the bottom part in the water. When it sprouts, the root grows into the container.

By: jingso

jingso — Sat, 12 Jan 2008 17:58:44 +0000

I LOVE these for rooting cuttings. I take a dot of clear plumbers goop and attach them together in a circular formation. I use one in the center which I generally raise and inch or so, anchored with 5 around.

Dob a spot of adhesive on each and arrange the five around the center (yet undlued. Use rubber bands to hold in place until dry. Remove the center and then place dobs of goop where necessary and replace in center.

I’ve received so many compliments and people love getting them as gifts. I usually root philodendron, spider plants, ajuga and they make lovely combined displays. The plumbers goop holds so well that I routinely run them through the dishwasher to sanitize after I scrub them with a bottle brush when I plant my rooted cuttings. I’ve never had one come apart.

They are also handy for cut flowers. I often send fresh flowers to my children’s teachers and never care about getting a container back.

By: Elouise

Elouise — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:58:36 +0000

I donate them, along with other cleaned/sterilised food packaging items, to the local toy library. They put them in the ‘supermarket corner’ in which kids fantasy play shopping, selecting items from the shelf, putting them in their shopping cart, etc. The actimel bottles are really cute, kid-size items. Admittedly, there is a limit as to how many one toy library (creche/kindergarten/etc) could take for such a purpose.

By: heartinacircle

heartinacircle — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 17:45:55 +0000

i think they’d make pretty cute bud vases. peel the labels off and paint them with basic acrylic craft paint. then you can put flowers in them and strategically place them around the house.

By: Tom

Tom — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 11:41:09 +0000

Maybe you could make a mini bowling alley!? You’d only need 10 I guess, then half fill them with sand and you have a mini bowling alley. Haha sounds like a Blue Peter project to me.

By: heather

heather — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 05:36:39 +0000

my children are older now, but i used to fill (washed and dried) plastic bottles with rice, beans, pasta, small bells, whatever you have handy and cover with plastic wrap and fasten with a rubber-band to make “music instruments” now i do the same thing to make “cat toys”

By: john b

john b — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 13:52:27 +0000

I use things like these to put over the end of garden canes. They help you to not poke your eye out when you bend down next to canes stuck into the ground. It also makes it easier to suspend a net over the canes as the base of the bottle supports the net better than a thin cane.

By: christinert

christinert — Sun, 07 Oct 2007 15:02:39 +0000

Hi
Thanks for featuring my idea about Actimel bottles !

By: Delusion

Delusion — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 12:27:52 +0000

I have two in my sewing kit, one for pins and one for sewing needles as I found pin cushions tended to “reject” them after a while :p

By: yogahz

yogahz — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:03:27 +0000

10 of them plus a tennis ball would make a bowling game for children.