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Boston1954 05-26-2017 10:24 AM

Empty Colorful Vitamin Bottles
 
I just cannot throw them out. Deep orange, cobalt blue, and emerald green. I already have a jar for bobbins. I have a storage tube for needles. What can I use these for?

toverly 05-26-2017 02:05 PM

You could "recycle" them by making the "Quilter's Medicine" . Fill with M&M's and print a label with the poem. I saw it on here somewhere. But didn't write it down.

lynnie 05-26-2017 02:26 PM

i'll be watching this. i have 22 scripts a month from the pharmacy. what do i do with the 22 bottles a month. just throw them out, or is there a great idea to do something with them?

Onebyone 05-26-2017 02:51 PM

My pharmacy give 2cents a bottle credit. Lynnie you could have $5 year in savings! Enough to buy a rotary blade I guess. LOL

Faintly Artistic 05-26-2017 03:38 PM

The small amber bottles would make great hand sewing needle holders...I'm trying to finish a plastic container of toothpicks for that purpose cuz the lid has the holes in it, so I can shake out one needle at a time.

Also thought of buttons, you could put each color button in the same color container.

osewme 05-26-2017 03:53 PM

I checked w/my pharmacy to see if they would take them back to recycle but they don't. I feel bad throwing them away but can't keep saving them for no reason. I do use one for old/dull/broken needles & pins. When it's full I just throw the whole bottle away.

Tartan 05-26-2017 04:12 PM

I like to throw one in the bottom of my purse with bandaids in it. Great for storing safety pins in. Take along sewing kit in your work bag.

coopah 05-27-2017 04:33 AM


Originally Posted by lynnie (Post 7831783)
i'll be watching this. i have 22 scripts a month from the pharmacy. what do i do with the 22 bottles a month. just throw them out, or is there a great idea to do something with them?

One of the pharmacies we use recycles them. You could check. We also donate them to a school organization that allows teachers to come get them for art projects or math or whatever.

maviskw 05-27-2017 05:42 AM


Originally Posted by toverly (Post 7831760)
You could "recycle" them by making the "Quilter's Medicine" . Fill with M&M's and print a label with the poem. I saw it on here somewhere. But didn't write it down.

Sorry Toverly, but DO NOT put candy in medicine bottles. EVER I think you can figure out why.

MaggieLou 05-27-2017 05:57 AM

I just put them in the recycle container for pickup when they collect the recycle bins. Mine are all amber. I do use one for used rotary blades and another for used needles.


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