Comments on: How can I reuse or recycle big yoghurt pots?

By: Medeea

Medeea — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 18:17:07 +0000

I use ice cream containers, but it’s more or less the same thing: use them as food containers. You can freeze finely chopped parsley, put pudding in them, leftovers.
Store colored crayons in them.
Store your lipstick collection.
Store hair pins, hair bands etc
Store and keep sewing supplies: threads, needles, etc
Store ribbons

By: Janet Forbes

Janet Forbes — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 15:03:08 +0000

my mom used to cut them into thin strips, write on them with permanant markers, and use them to label seeds in pots and in the garden.

I use them for taking food to work (things like cold pasta, which don’t dribble). You can also take a salad in them, add the dressing on location, and shake to mix.

otherwise, there’s always the local kids group/school, for art projects.

By: MA von Dohlen

MA von Dohlen — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 11:49:21 +0000

When my child is ill and they have that look like they’re going to throw up, I always send them to bed with ” a bucket” by their side, just in case. These big yogurt tubs have saved us from having to change sheets in the middle of the night SO many times, if you know what I mean.

By: Cappenz

Cappenz — Mon, 02 May 2011 02:48:16 +0000

You can make rain resistant snail and slug traps for the garden. Cut one-inch square holes in opposite sides a little below the rim (don’t cut the rim). Tuck it into your garden soil up to the level of the holes. Add the cheapest beer you can find. Replace the lid to keep rain out. Cheers.

By: Computer Recycling and Disposal

Computer Recycling and Disposal — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 09:26:05 +0000

I always use one to keep my small coins in

By: Cynthia Perez

Cynthia Perez — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 16:17:07 +0000

Turn the container into a coin bank. Cover with paper like wrapping paper, tissue paper, or your child’s artwork.

By: Rebekah

Rebekah — Sat, 09 May 2009 05:08:53 +0000

I was just wishing the other day for one of the really large sizes to create a container for raising caterpillars. You can use any large plastic tub with a snap lid, and just cut out the center of the lid for air and viewing. Place a piece of screen or tulle over the lip of the container and snap the lid back on.
For a caterpillar, put a new section of leaves in the container every couple of days for food, possibly using a florist tube to keep it watered and the caterpillar from drowning.

By: Anthony

Anthony — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:23:10 +0000

If you paint, you can use those for storing art supplies or even as a water tub. Fill it up with some water and use it while you paint. Store your brushes or paints, paper, pencils, and erasers in there, even. The possibilities are endless.

By: Lonnie

Lonnie — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 21:49:49 +0000

I use mine to freeze home made soup in. They’re exactly the right size for my husband and I to share for lunch.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:39:09 +0000

i have an agility dog so i stack them up and put a stick on them to make a hurdle

By: Tim

Tim — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:25:08 +0000

I think of any size plastic tubs, or any reusuable container (pill bottles, for example) like MacGyver thought of duct tape. The uses are limited only by the imagination.

You just need a place to keep them, with or without lids, until needed.

One idea for the big tubs: If you use many batteries, and recycling is not always convenient, use a big container to save up enough items to be recycled 3-4 times a year.

By: Amber

Amber — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 02:53:02 +0000

I also use them for plants, but more specifically, for propagating cuttings. People often ask me for cuttings but never bother to provide their own pots, so they receive them in a plastic yogurt tub!

By: Marianne

Marianne — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 22:09:14 +0000

makes good tofu press-need 2

poke silts on sides of one.

make soymilk from beans-look up recipe

add colagulant…blah blah-look up recipe for tofu

line cut one with cheese cloth, add runny tofu. press another one in on it, put a book on top, next day you have tofu (liquid drains through slits

By: anna

anna — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:05:40 +0000

I also use them for plants! Use scissors, nails, knifes etc to make a few holes on the bottom and often the lid works as the tray nicely. You can cover or paint the pot and then ready for use!

By: Alice

Alice — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 11:29:53 +0000

Plant pots! Make holes in the bottom for drainage – particularly useful for tomato plants, which need to be potted on quite a few times in slightly bigger post each time, so you need lots of different sizes of pot.

Will last several years, and can also be cut down to make drip-catching saucers to put under things in smaller pots.