suggestions how to recycle plastics-marg tubs, polystyrene trays there's only so many I can re-use!?

Answer 1

I keep my margarine tub containers (don't use margarine but lots of other things come in those types of tubs) I use them for when I give food away- this way I do not have to worry about getting my good food storage containers or dishes back. I have one next to my dryer to put all the little dodads that people forgot in their pockets in. I also use them to organize small toys or game pieces. You can use them in your pantry to store dry foods, but don't use them to store things that will be in there for long periods of time because they are not airtight.
You can take one and cut a round hole in the top- make sure it is cut smoothly, then put a ball of yarn in it and feed it through the top- this would be useful for knitters and other crafters that like to have a yarn feeder.
You can use them for planters- not decorative of course , but at least useful until the plant is ready to be put into the ground.
I am sure there are other creative uses for these but that is all I have for now.

Answer 2

You need to go to your local recycling center and see what plastic recycling numbers they take. The plastic tubs they'd probably take, but I doubt they would take the polystyrene trays. On the bottom of each container they should have a number in that 3 arrow symbol. Polystyrene is 6. Margarine tubs should normally be 4 (low density polyethylene) or 5 (polypropylene).

Answer 3

1. Call up your local recycling center and ask if they will take them. They may not offer money for them, but they might take the plastic tubs if you have a lot of them.
2. Call up your local preschools and see if they can use them. They might be able to use the polystyrene trays for mixing paints for art projects or as frames for their pictures. They can put all kinds of stuff in the margarine tubs, especially if they have lids!

good luck.

Answer 4

Recycle, period.
Some Publix stores have places for the styrofoam trays to be put and recycled.
Donate the margarine tubs to the needy for them to re-use.

If you are a very giving person, find out about various programs for giving to the needy in your town and offer to bake or make other nice food gifts for the needy. Many people have trouble making for themselves. You can make casseroles and cookies, pies and pierogies, homemade ice cream and Hamburger Helper-- whatever you like and fill the plastic containers with food of all kinds. If you like, cover the outside with new labels and write on what is in the containers or use a label stating that it is a gift from you.

Or you can just fill them with food gifts to give to friends and ideas on how to re-use or recycle the containers further...

Answer 5

I strongly recommend this group, http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WasteNothing/
Before you send them to the recycle bin, find another use! That's the other part of the REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE! Anyway, this wastenothing group is an awesome group of people, and they always have tons of ideas on how to reuse products to keep them from going to the landfill.

Here are some quick ideas,
-use as a false bottom for a planter that doesn't have a drainage hole.
-use as a base for art projects (paper machete?) or paint over it and use it to store supplies

Answer 6

Ok. You can contact your chamber of commerce to ask about any plastic recycling places in your area and you can also ask your neighbors if they would like to use some of your extra butter tubs for their food storage.

Answer 7

Don't buy them in the first place. It's all about supply and demand...it takes a lot of natural resources to produce those things...as long as we continue to purchase them, companies will continue to make them when they should be finding better ways to package things. We buy most of our products from local farms so that we can return the containers and reuse them for the same thing. Could that be an option?

http://www.eatwild.com/products/index.html
http://www.localharvest.org/
http://www.eatwellguide.org/
http://www.realmilk.com/where.html

Answer 8

definite you are able to and we ought to continually! Plastic bags do no longer degrade certainly. i comprehend it would not appear like a plastic bag can soak up a lot area yet whilst the thousands and thousands of luggage are further up it comes out to lots! specific shops like Walmart have classes to recycle them for you they often have a bin by technique of the front. different shops like IKEA will easily charge you for each bag you employ to attempt to make people to apply much less of them. There has even been communicate approximately imposing those styles of classes nationally.

Answer 9

If they cannot be reused continuously or recycled, don't BUY the products in them. That is one way to tell producers that they need to come up with another idea! Make sure you write or email the producer to tell them why you have not purchased their item.

Answer 10

You live in a capitalist society, buy more synthetic tubs and trays (the word synthetic is apparently misleading, another conversation for another day) I can only make obscene suggestions, hope you don't still live with your parent(s) and that you don't have any sisters, why is it we often find our sisters friends hot?