Repurposing and reusing empty containers yields a plethora of benefits. It’s good for the environment, for starters. Each plastic bottle one reuses is a new plastic bottle that isn’t bought. Additionally, it can save a lot of money.

Regular lawn and garden tools can be fashioned out of old glass and plastic bottles with relative ease. The varying shapes of commonplace containers can be used to make truly unique tools with a lot of utility. Instructions for these specific ideas and methods can be found in the image captions.

1. Easy Ribbon Containers

Keep hold of excess ribbon and smaller glass or plastic bottles. With relative ease, these bottles can be repurposed into clever, time-saving ribbon dispensers. It’s easy, just poke a hole in the original lid.

2. All the Small Things

Even smaller condiment containers can be reused with the right imagination. They’re the perfect size for pacifiers, keeping your child’s favorite sucker nice and sanitary.

3. Thumb-Controlled Watering Can

Stoppering an open straw that holds water with your finger can alter the outflow by changing the pressure of the system. Poking a small hole in the lid of a mid-sized container and adding various small holes to the underside can make the perfect watering can. Simply stopper the top with your thumb to change the water volume coming out of the bottom.

4. Miniature Greenhouse

Looking for a small place to grow some plants? Look no further than your recycling bin. Old food to-go boxes with transparent lids can make the perfect homes for growing plants given the right conditions.

5. Plastic Scooper

Need something to scoop mulch, fertilizer, or soil? Look no further than a half-gallon milk carton, or something of the sort. Cut out the end in the shape of a shovel and reap the easy rewards without spending money at a local outdoor shop.

6. Assorted Snack and Seed Container

Need a place to put your giant volume of M&Ms? Look no further – you can reuse old plastic bottles and fill them with all sorts of small things like popcorn kernels and seeds. Creamer bottles are especially helpful with their unique, easy-to-dispense lids.

7. Cupcake Liner Container

Cupcake liners have a shape perfect for certain types of plastic and glass bottles. Stack them inside used bottles for easy access and storage. Their vibrant colors work really well with the transparency, to boot.

8. Dough Cutter Can

Containers aren’t the only things you can fashion from old recyclable parts. Removing the ends of tin cans can turn them into great dough cutters.

9. Cord Protector

If you’re one to worry about the state of your outdoor electrical cords, you can simply fashion plastic containers into easy protectors. Just cut out some of the sides so that a cord can make its way through the plastic and then seal.

10. Coke Bottle Dispensers

Used glass Coca-Coca bottles can make wonderful dispensers of all sorts of things – salt, vinegar, oil, soap, etc. Equip the bottles with nozzles or elongated dispensers for the best results.

11. Fruit Cup + Mason Jar Combo

Used plastic fruit cup containers can be coupled with mason jars to allow for easily accessible treat combinations. Add crackers to a fruit cup and secure them atop the lid of a mason jar. Add another fruit cup within the mason jar to store condiments. Then, add other foods like cheese and ham to the mason jar for quick snack combinations.

12. Tin Herb Containers

Old tin containers can make perfect homes for all sorts of herbs and plants. If you don’t care for the color of tin, feel free to spray paint them copper. They can serve as aesthetically-pleasing containers of your favorite culinary herbs.

A little imagination can go a long way. These reuse methods can serve as great ways to save money and resources, even saving you a trip to the store. Think twice before discarding your old containers and recyclables!

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Source: Home Hacks