Packaging Recycled For Used Sewing Machine Needles and Bent Pins
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Packaging Recycled For Used Sewing Machine Needles and Bent Pins
Burt's Bees makes a tinted lip balm that comes in a plastic blister package. The blister package holds a cardboard tube that then holds the separate plastic tube of lip balm. I bought the lip balm because I wanted to try it. I had no idea that the packaging would be this cool. The cardboard tube is closed on both ends and is the perfect size to store old needles and bent pins or you can even use it for your traveling sewing kit.
The lip balm was $6.62 at Walmart. And I'm really liking the lip balm as well.
Thought someone else might be able to use this.
Here's a picture of the tube.
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I use a plastic Mentos gum container - it's just the right height and has a nice secure snap open-closed hinged lid. I peeled off the label and wrote "broken needles" on it in Sharpie. It's bright red so easy to find!
It's my favorite gum and I save the containers, they're handy for all sorts of things.
It's my favorite gum and I save the containers, they're handy for all sorts of things.
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I use toilet paper rolls and paper towel rolls to get rid of sharp unusable non recyclable objects. Don't want to reach into the waste basket and risk getting cut. I save see through prescription bottles, remove and clean the adhesive residue off then save for the Malawi Project. It helps them send meds home with patients instead of an envelope or folded paper. The clinics get the meds in bulk but nothing to put the meds in.
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