Yes, I do all of what you said. I also cut the fabric softener sheets for the dryer in half. Half a sheet is plenty for the average load in the dryer. Just rescued a clamshell type container that came with small tomatoes in it. Dh was headed out to the trash can with it. I can see lots of ways to reuse it.

I cut some in half and leave some whole. I keep them in a drawer in a zip lock bag. Less space and the clam shells sometimes won't close properly after a while.

I haven't thought of cutting them in half, but I do keep them in the freezer to keep them from getting rusty.

Cutting them in quarters or halves makes sense to me. I have not done that but I think that the smaller size is just the right size for one time use and then just toss out. I hate how the used pad gets rusty before the next use. Thanks for the tip.

That's a nice money saving tip. Thanks! I have been cutting my facial cleansing cloths (like Ponds) in half. I also cut them into small pieces and put them into an empty container that some face cream came in and put eye makeup remover on them to make my own eye makeup remover disks. Works great.

I remember Heloise (Hints from Heloise) suggested putting them in a jar, covered in water. I don't do that though. Speaking of SOS pads, I buy the generic from Walmart for $1 a box. They work really well. I don't like Brillo.

I buy the generics and cut a quarter piece off when I need to really scrub something. I've never had a problem with them rusting out in the box under my kitchen sink.

I buy the Lemon SOS pads and immediately cut four or five of them in half. I cut more when the previously cuts pads are gone. SOS used to sell smaller pads, but discontinued them. I see that they now sell them again, only now they are calling them Clean n' Toss Small Size Pads.

I keep all of the pads, cut and uncut, in the box under the sink. I have found two ways (that work for me) to keep a used pad from rusting. One is to ensure that the pad never touches water between uses. I have a soap dish type of thing with a raised center (intended to keep soap out of water) and can put a used pad on that. The other thing that works is to just toss the used pad back into the box with the unused pads. For some reason, keeping a used pad in contact with the unused pads prevents the used pad from rusting.

Suppose SOS pads are to scrub off stuck on food which than sticks to the pad than bacteria grows..I cut them in 4 toss after use.

I never cut my SOS pads in half. I find them too small already. As for the clam shells, etc., we recycle everything so those go into my recycling box. My husband has hoarding tendencies and hates to throw anything out, but if I put my foot down, out it goes. He used to save every single jar too. So glad for curb side recycling. My house is looking less cluttered with "stuff" we might use one day but never do... ;)

I buy those green scratch pads at Dollar Tree. I cut them into 4 or more pieces and throw them away after each use. It isn't even that I am trying to save money I just like the smaller pads. If I cut them into 4 one piece just costs me about 6 cents.

Never thought of cutting the steel wool pads in half or quarters either. Makes sense. I also hate how icky they get with stuck on food and also the rusting. Good tip.

I used to cut them to the size I wanted when I used them. I haven't used them in ages, though, I'm more of a "let it sit and soak" kind of gal. Usually the green scrubby side of the dishwashing sponge has all the scrubbing power I need. I've been wanting to try a hint I saw somewhere, (Facebook, maybe?) about putting a thin coat of dishwashing liquid on whatever is burned in the bottom of a pan, covering with dryer sheets, and letting that sit for awhile. Can't remember if you're supposed to add water or not. Anyone here tried that?

Rusty

I buy them already little. https://www.amazon.com/S-O-S-Clean-Toss-Steel-Count/dp/B00O399EXI/ref=sr_1_1_a_it?ie=UTF8&qid=1494957048&sr=8-1&keywords=mini+sos+pads

I tear off a small piece at a time, just big enough for the job that needs done...don't need to use the whole SOS pad.

My husband always keeps containers to reuse in the garden. Most of them never get used, but he tries.

^^^Rusty you asked whether a "thin coat of dishwashing liquid on whatever is burned in the bottom of a pan, covering with dryer sheets, and letting that sit for awhile." would work/s. Take it from me who learned the hard way, trying to remove burned on Spanish Rice from a cast iron pan: DON'T! Or at least don't use scented dryer sheets, as it took 3 reseasonings and MANY scrubbings to remove the April Showers scent from the pan. I then was able to cook a few onions (to test for cling free, scented onions LOL) in a bit of oil, toss them out, and begin to reuse my beloved pan. I nearly threw the pan away in despair. I will never, ever try this method on anything again! Others opinions may vary!

Back on topic: I tend to buy inexpensive boxes/rolls of plain 0000 grit regular steel wool now instead of the SOS. Cut/pull off a small chunk of the wool, add a dribble of dish soap, scrub and toss the steel wool (which will rust just like SOS) in the garbage. I do use the steel wool for my furniture refinishing, so I always have some on hand. It seemed I never had an SOS pad when I needed it, hence the dryer sheet/soap fiasco!

Thank you, Countrycottageklutz, for sharing that. Who would ever have thought it! I guess if I ever decide to try it, I'll make sure I use fragrance free dryer sheets. I don't have any cast iron any more, it's too heavy for my arthritis damaged shoulders.

Rusty

I cut dryer sheets in half. I just don't like that much fabric softener on my laundry.

Yes I always cut mine in half. I don't save plastic containers from the grocery store though. I have lots of tupperware and wouldn't have any space to save every container I get.