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Have you ever asked a supplier if they will take back empties? |
Yes, without sucess :-( |
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Yes, they take them back :-) |
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No, never thought about asking |
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giraffe
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judith
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ele
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gil Downsizer Moderator
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Sarah D
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marigold
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marigold
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cab
Joined: 01 Nov 2004 Posts: 32429
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Posted: Tue Nov 15, 05 1:52 pm Post subject: |
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We never have enough jars, and we re-use wine bottles over and over (till they inevitably end up as gifts, with wine in of course!). Smaller, re-sealable glass bottles are like gold dust, though, which is a shame as they're useful for all sorts of things.
Beer bottles end up going to recycling (people keep bringing beer round, it's terrible, oh, the tragedy!). I'd rather take them back for re-use, but I haven't got anyone who'll take them.
We don't use many tins, but what we do use gets recycled. Only so many you can re-use. Although would they be okay (with a few holes knocked in 'em) as plant pots? |
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Sarah D
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cab
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Rob R
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Andrea
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wellington womble
Joined: 08 Nov 2004 Posts: 15051 Location: East Midlands
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Posted: Wed Nov 23, 05 7:59 pm Post subject: |
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Goodness - spare glass jars. I think our problem is that we don't buy anything in glass jars, really! Anything we do buy get saved for jam (and I always have to buy them in for the hampers) or other preserves, including plastic lidded ones for chutney and pickles (often gravy jars, although not many of those these days)
We have dowe egberts coffe, which have glass lids with a plastic seal - I've been saving them for years, and now have nearly all my dried goods in them - everything from tea to pearly barley lives in them. It looks nice in the pantry, as they are all the same, and one day I hope to have a nice big kitchen with them all out on shelves, and I shall be very smug, because they cost nothing, and would have otherwise gone to waste! Until someone points out that they aren't fairtrade coffee....... |
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