Containers with lids like sour cream and butter tubs can be saved for storing leftovers in.
Juice bottles can be refilled. Especially useful if you dilute your kids juice. You can take a full bottle and pour half into an empty bottle and fill both with water.
Baby wipe containers are great for storing small things and are nice and stackable.
Peanut butter and mayonnaise jars can be cleaned out and used to store homemade sauces or dressings. They also make great containers for dried beans or noodles, instead of storing them in the bags they come in.
What other product containers can you reuse?
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michelle N says
I save all my plastic containers from restaurants for leftovers for work. They also go back and forth to my moms when I steal her yummy food!
Cindy says
We use empy jugs ( I found out the simply juice containers work out best) to freeze water in for our coolers when we go on long trips. They are less messy than dumping a bunch of ice and then when it melts we have drinking water from home to use.
Denise says
Empty baby food plastic containers are great to store small items – bobby pins, hair rubber bands, paper clips, ear rings, etc. And they stack beautifully!
Dana says
Chinese take out trays are great for storing leftovers and sending them home with others. They’re sturdy enough to even stand up to the top rack in the dishwasher but you don’t mind sending one home with someone because the next Chinese take-out night is always just around the corner!
Kristen D. says
The big cat litter containers (like 35lb Tidy Cats) are great to use for anything you need. I actually use one to store my rabbit food in it (after a good washing and drying, of course!)
Bree says
I learned from my mother to save the Country Crock containers and others of similar sizes to send meals in. This works because my family is always having a get together and instead of sending potato salad in a bowl, we just use the containers.