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    I've got quite a few plastic bottles e.g. ketchup, salad cream, relish etc but before I pop them into the recycling bag wondered if anyone reuses them?

    If you do, how do you ensure they are ok for re-use - sterile, air-tight etc.?
    Lass

    In all things of nature there is something marvellous.
    - Aristotle

  • #2
    I may get sent to wash my mouth out for this - but I wouldn't ever keep them, I just know I wouldn't be bothered with washing/cleaning/storing/re-filling them

    aka
    Suzie

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    • #3
      I do re-use some of them (for plum sauce etc). To ensure they are clean I wash in hot soapy water and sterilise in Milton (the stuff that is sold for sterilising baby bottles)

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      • #4
        The only use I have for them is Dog training - a squirty bottle of water is an excellent tool! Except I no longer have a dog!
        All the best - Glutton 4 Punishment
        Freelance shrub butcher and weed removal operative.

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        • #5
          Just had another thought - what about putting hot liquids into them? Will they melt? How do the manufacturers overcome this?
          Lass

          In all things of nature there is something marvellous.
          - Aristotle

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          • #6
            I've just done a quick google and found this;

            Plastic bottles pose health risk if boiled - health - 31 January 2008 - New Scientist

            looks like they're destined for the recycling bag .................
            Lass

            In all things of nature there is something marvellous.
            - Aristotle

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            • #7
              Originally posted by leicestershirelass View Post
              I've just done a quick google and found this;

              Plastic bottles pose health risk if boiled - health - 31 January 2008 - New Scientist

              looks like they're destined for the recycling bag .................
              OK, if you have no use for them then recycle them. Except I seriously doubt if our recycling bin contents do actually get recycled!

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              • #8
                They might come in handy for other uses, but I wouldn't use them for food products...
                Have you considered cutting one down as a spare plant-pot or some equally 'off the wall' purpose?
                Flowers come in too many colours to see the world in black-and-white.

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                • #9
                  I have in the past used them to rehouse sticky things like honey or golden syrup.
                  Last edited by Brengirl; 27-09-2010, 03:20 PM. Reason: wrong

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by leicestershirelass View Post
                    I've just done a quick google and found this;

                    Plastic bottles pose health risk if boiled - health - 31 January 2008 - New Scientist

                    looks like they're destined for the recycling bag .................
                    Why would you want to boil them? There are other methods of sterilising.

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