Does anyone save...

**baxjul** · 01-21-2006, 04:17 PM

the little plastic meat containers?

I just saved one (after washing in boiling water and bleach!) to use in a drawer for an organizer.

**YankeeMom** · 01-21-2006, 04:18 PM

Meat here doesn't come in plastic containers. Just a little foam tray on the bottom & the whole thing wrapped in plastic wrap.

I just throw the foam trays away.

**Kimberlina** · 01-21-2006, 04:37 PM

**SewCrafty** · 01-21-2006, 04:48 PM

Yep I have one saved from Wal-Mart, it is on my desk and holds my CD's.

**Kimberlina** · 01-21-2006, 05:04 PM

Oh, I think I get it now- those whit ones with the wavy sides that ground meat comes in? I don't buy that kind of meat- only chicken breasts, so I had no idea, but now I remember seeing them.

I sure hope they are recyclable. And I wish the styrofoam ones were!

**FrugalMomof3** · 01-21-2006, 05:13 PM

I hear ya! They dont have those over here, the meats come in those styrofoam ones. :-( But if I use left over pickle jars (plastic ones) and the small jars of minced garlic... I use them for little things of extra nails, screws.... I know alot of people using old baby food jars for that type of stuff.

Neat ideas!

**SewCrafty** · 01-21-2006, 05:22 PM

Yes Kimberly those are the ones I'm talking about. My CD's fit in perfectly and holds about 22 of them. They are made out of plastic as opposed to styrofoam. I only have one because I hate going to the Wal*Mart Super store, you have to park so far away it isn't worth it to me to go there.

**staceyy** · 01-21-2006, 05:32 PM

I save them but I don't boil them. But I always add bleach to the water. I also wash and save the foam ones.

**HandyMom** · 01-21-2006, 07:10 PM

I clean and save containers and jars from everywhere - for a month. If I don't use any by the end of a month, I toss them all. You wouldn't believe how quickly those containers add up!

**homesteadmamma** · 01-21-2006, 07:19 PM

No I don't.

**FrugalMomof3** · 01-21-2006, 07:22 PM

I dont save many items like that unless I have an idea for using it right away, otherwise I throw it away.

~Tracy~

guest7 · 01-21-2006, 07:30 PM

Eeey Gads... NO!
I'm germ phobic and I'm too afraid of salmonella and e-coli. You should see how hygienic I am when I cook. I get my meat from the butcher shop and he wraps in paper. (hygienicly too!)

I sure wish there was a safe way to recycle those things. But since the recycle team doesn't deem it safe to recycle.. so the frugalfanny household won't buy or reuse them either.

**Vannie** · 01-21-2006, 07:44 PM

I don't save meat containers but I do have 3 plastic containers from 4 or 5 years ago. Each one is divided into 3 parts and originally held different kinds of nuts. They were too good to throw away, now I use them to hold beading supplies, etc. They are perfect for that.