...is that eventually you use it up. To refill at the store only hands the problem over, as I bought the size they use for refills. That's a LOT of pumping for shampoo! So in the next few months I will have two gallon jugs and a 1/2 gal jug emptying. While this is far better than getting a zillion 16 oz bottles over 20 months, I don't have overwhelming needs for gallon jugs. aside from recycling, what could I do with them? Storing water is out, as the plastic picks up the scents from the shampoo, condish and dr B's. Water for the car radiator is a possibility.
got a garden? you can use em' as solar caps for young plants. got critters? cut a section out and use em as feed scoops. balast to hold down tarps or pool cover, takin used oil to be recycled..i dunno, i'm out brian
do you make your own household cleaners n' stuff? they'd be good to hold batches of homemade window cleaner, general cleaner, stuff like that..
These are valid ideas, and I can probably find folks who need a couple. but what about long term? I'm in a clean it all out mode (Savers, Helping Hands and Goodwill are gonna love me) and assuming I do the cleaner mode (two jugs) and keep one or two around for general usefulness, I still create three jugs each couple of years as waste. I reuse coolant jugs in the car for radiator water, so no need there. One for traction grit (sand, etc) already there (that was the first jug). aside from art classes, I'm drawing big fat blanks. But, man, it was nice to not have to deal with this for almost two years!
I take it the savings in packaging is replacing many small containers with one big container and NOT refilling, sorry need to clarify cos you called it "refill". The EarthRoots store here lets you refill the same container over and over again, with any container actually. Talk to the store owner about refilling it. If that doesn't work, cut off the top and use the bottem as you would for a bucket, basket, pail, waste receptacle and the top as a funnel. Or post on freecycle (with these ideas), I could use one of those.
At the Jersey Shore, they take a plastic bottle with a handle, like a clorox bottle. cut out the bottom, leave the cap on. Use it as a bailer to bail water from a boat or canoe. OR; The bottles are used as floats to mark anchorages or other water boundaries. Wouldn't think this will apply in the Rockies. Peace
actually, I said I bought the size the store uses for a refill, so what wouuld the point be of emptying THEIR gallon bottle to fill mine? What I do is buy the gallon, and refill my bottles at home with varying concentrations: hand soap in the kitchen is stronger than in the bathroom, and both are stronger than the shower bottle. the shampoo and conditioner were used mostly straight out with a pump. I do have a dilute bottle of each for camping/ travel. Given the travel to get to the store, home refills of smaller bottles makes more sense.
yeah.... I don't think so, but you gave me an idea of someone who could use food-safe thick bottles. Thanks.
