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I can toss I Can't Believe Its Not Butter and all size yogurt containers, I Can't Believe Its Not Butter and all size yogurt containers, I Can't Believe Its Not Butter and all size yogurt containers, I Can't Believe Its Not Butter and all size yogurt containers!

and now, go and toss them ALL! EVERYONE of them!

right now, scat!

Recycle them?

Oh, my goodness, there must be someone on the Garden Junk forum that would have suggestions!!!

See if some preschool or some assisted living home or Girl Scout troop would like them.(For crafts or to store stuff.) Put them on Free Cycle.

If you are at all crafty..... check this out on the garden junk forum.
Patti2

Here is a link that might be useful: Don't throw that away

I can identify, Nodakgal......I have a thing for Cool whip containers. I just about died laughing when I heard Jeff Foxworthy say....You might be a red neck if you have a complete set of salad bowls.....and they all say Cool Whip on the side. I thought, he must be peeking in my cupboards! LOL, Dottie

Recycle if possible in your area.

Otherwise, ask yourself "WHY am I keeping these? Do I think I will never be able to get them again? What can I do with them?

My view is you save them because you think you might need them. Valid. But how many do you need? 5 or 6 of any one container will serve most households.

Second question - will I be able to get them again? Well, yes. There is NO NEED to stockpile. Margarine and yogurt companies aren't going out of business anytime soon.

Last suggestion - make something out of them. Well, if you want to do that, then do! But how many margarine-tub bird feeders do you have room for? Yes, they're cute. But do YOU want to make them? Do you think others will purchase them from you (most won't at a price that will give you a profit).

My very best suggestion is to call your local Children's Museum, if you indeed have one, and ask what things they like to have donated. Mine likes yogurt tubs, but not margarine tubs. Some bottle lids, but not others. They also like toilet paper and paper towel tubes, and 100% cotton fabric scraps and thread.

If you don't have an immediate use, you can't recycle them, and you can't donate them - then YOU NEED TO THROW THEM OUT!

Spoken as a child of a hoarder. Please just let go!

I hope your DD reads this and gets a chance to sneak in and haul them all out --- OK maybe leave you about 3 of them!

Once I started throwing Cool Whip containers, it became so easy when I realized it gave me room for things worth storing.

YOU CAN DO IT! If you haven't used it in the past year, you DON'T need it!

OK, stepping down now...............

Call a local girl scout troop or a church to see if they can use them for crafts. You've saved them this long, you may as well try to put them to good use.

Drop 'em into the Pacific.

They may well end up on Midway Island, at the junction of 4 currents ...

... where they have tons and tons of such stiff.

Not "stiff" - "stuff".

ole joyful

Depending upon what you have, you could decorate the containers and punch a couple of holes in the sides. Run some ribbon or pipe cleaners through the holes for a handle. Fill them up with some little candies or usable items and donate them to a local nursing home.

Take them to a preschool or senior center - we use them for our painting classes. I'd love to have some of them to paint on!

I buy lunch meat in the Glad reusable containers, the store brand where I shop comes in them. I love to pack my kids' sandwiches in them for school, the sandwich and a hand full of crackers fit. The sandwich stays like I just made it, doesn't get smashed. If I happen to buy fresh deli lunch meat, when I get home I reuse one of those containers to store it.

We have also used them to keep just a small amount of leftover paint for touchups. Storing nails, nuts and bolts. Just the right size to share some homemade cookies or candy. When I cook a meal for a friend (in time of a new baby or a family emergency) I always re-use a container from something else, that way they don't have to worry about getting it back to me.

But once in a while I realize I've got 30 of them in my cabinet. Luckily, we have curbside recycling so I just toss them in the bin.

Oh, people!

It seems like many of you are trying to give her a reason to hang on to trash!

Recycle, or donate (many venues might enjoy them).

The bottom line is - if she's got so many that she can't deal with them, it's time to toss them!

keep some...put some in the garage for spills and paint cleanups...if you're using them to store food...keep 6 or 7...more then that and your FRIG is full if its anything like mine...the rest...THROW THEM AWAY...THROW THEM AWAY...quick...run to the trash can when you see the garbage truck coming and before you change your mind...THROW THEM IN...the garbage truck comes and you can't change your mind!!

Liz...who can relate to your deliema ALL TOOOO WELL!!!

Years ago I was addicted to them...DH broke me of saving them! I hated to throw them away, he hated for me to keep them. He won and I feel so much better now that I CAN throw them away! LOL....you too can do it!!

LOL!!
I will save a few and toss the rest. No where to recycle and don't know anyone to donate them to.
I do like them for leftovers and to send home with the kids with food. Then THEY can grapple with whether to throw or save them! Bwaaahaha