RRR: Plastic Bottles

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While plastic bottles can be recycled through your town's or city's waste removal system, you can also reuse them to have some fun and save money at home. Here are some ideas:

I didn't believe this was a reused plastic bottle until I read the instructions. All I can say is: "Wow!"
Large orange juice containers are the perfect watering cans. They're lighter than metal ones and the pouring spout is nice and small for those little pots. Want a bigger pouring spout? Choose a larger-mouth container like the ones cat litter come in. I have 3 or 4 of these around my home depending on what I'm watering.
When flowers and veggies are first planted, they need lots of water at the roots. Cut a bottle in half, sink the lip of the bottle well into the soil by the plant's roots. When you water, more will go deep into the soil, pulling the roots down instead of out, so your plants will grow stronger.
Lop off the tops and glue a series of bottles together and you can sort your change as you store it.
Sure you can buy a scoop for just a dollar or two, but wouldn't you rather make one? All you need is a plastic bleach bottle with a handle. Leave the cap on and cut off the bottom. You'll have a scoop that holds a useful volume and is comfortable to use.
Never buy a funnel again. Make funnels of varying sizes depending on what you're pouring. Cut the bottom off bottles with different sized openings, invert and you're laughing.
Cut white plastic bottles (like a bleach bottle) into strips and use them as plant labels. An indelible marker to write on the labels will stop them fading in the sun.
Save on slug bait. Sink half a plastic bottle into the soil and fill with beer and you've got a homemade Slug Pub. The suckers will crawl in and drown. Leave the top of the container above the soil line so you don't inadvertently catch the good beetles.
Fill a few bottles about two-thirds full and freeze and you'll have ready-made icepacks for when you're heading out with the kids.
Cut the top off bottle and turn it upside down as a funnel reinserting it into the bottom. Tape the funnel in place.  Add a sweet liquid like OJ or sugar water. Pesky flies will fly in for the juice but won't be able to fly out again.






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