Was just wondering if anybody knew of anything to use used insulin bottles for?
Judy in Ohio

I'd like to know, too. Good question.

Can they be given to a recycling place?

I can't understand why you would want to keep them?

I don't keep them.. my mom does. She just asked me if I knew if anybody used them for anything.
I was just curious.
Judy in Ohio

I think there has to be a use for them too. We throw so much away literally every single year that if something could be reused it should be. Bravo for asking. Wish I had an answer not even sure what shape they are. I moved recently to the mountains. Here they dont recycle much it kills me. Bottles that are CRV value only. We had bins for newspapers, cardboard, cans, bottles, you could also recycle assorted paper from the home.. I give magazines to the hospital, books to the cancer ward bookshelf.. I just asked about spools here the other day. Seems like we must toss a ton of those too. Show me what the bottle looks like..

I think there has to be a use for them too. We throw so much away literally every single year that if something could be reused it should be. Bravo for asking. Wish I had an answer not even sure what shape they are. I moved recently to the mountains. Here they dont recycle much it kills me. Bottles that are CRV value only. We had bins for newspapers, cardboard, cans, bottles, you could also recycle assorted paper from the home.. I give magazines to the hospital, books to the cancer ward bookshelf.. I just asked about spools here the other day. Seems like we must toss a ton of those too. Show me what the bottle looks like..

I don't have any now they are my moms. I will try to post pics if I ever get my camera working.
Judy

Found a crafter who has been using them for years to make ornaments. She fills them with beads, rice, even.. COLORED SUGAR LOL.. could be cute.. do a red/white/red fill and put a cute ribbon on top. It seems she gets that top part off of her bottles and puts corks in it. This was from a forum on type 1 diabetic support groups.

that is a cute idea. Those would be cute in a mini collection.

Seeing that photo in the post above makes me wonder if they couldn't be used for seed storage. Looks like they might work for needle storage too.

Those are cute.

As a retired RN, I can tell you they make great disposal containers for used (dull) sewing needles. I keep an empty vial in my sewing table drawer. it's easy to get them in and I assure you they won't come out!

If you were looking to get rid of them, my Mother in law is in a miniatures guild...they are always crazy clever using little things like that. I would take some off your hands and I could give them to her to see what she would come up with!

That is a very cute AND clever way to recycle those little bottles :D:D:D

I use my empty testing strip bottles for used needles, buttons,bobbins and a lot of sewing misc. The caps are tight fitting and I just use my label maker to let me know what's in them.

Send them to me. I use them for arts and crafts. Ray
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