How do you reuse your old food containers?   

In our family, if the contaniors are plastic or foil (pie plates etc.) we wash them with the rest of the dishes, and re-use them. Lidded containers used for margarinet, sour cream, etc. Can be ued for anything. Non-lidded containers like pie-tins, we'll use for other pies and things of tat size. TV-dinner-type containers, we'll use to reeze leftover in, wrapped in plastic wrap, foil, or omething similar. We also use conainers of all three varieties for pet food, when we travel with our pets.

Our school's art teacher has asked us to drop those containers off with her as they need them for various projects or just for storing supplies. Better than dropping them in the garbage;)

I reuse my margerine bowls. I store leftovers in them. They seem to be just the right size dish to put leftovers in for just two people. I have probably 20 small butter bowls to use for leftovers. I do have some Miracle Whip jars that I also use for 'liquidy' things like soup and hummingbird food.

Oh heck yes we do. I have some awesome containers from take out places. Couldn't buy them in stores. I even save the containers that Blue Bunny ice cream is now using. Perfect to store spaghetti sauce in.

My favourite re-usable containers are usually ice cream tubs. They come in the right sizes for storing left overs, things to be kept in the fridge or freezer etc. But I also use one or two for storing other stuff like all my spice jars, helps to keep things together.

I sometimes use plastic containers in connection with the garden. Things like the plastic trays which meat comes on, they might become seed trays, or might collect the water under a plant pot.

My Mum has a wood burning fire as part of the heating system, so all things which can be burned safely tend to go on the fire instead of in the bin.

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I am ashamed to admit this because I like to be environmentally friendly and recycle as much as possible, but I don't like reusing food containers in my kitchen. I think they are sloppy to store in my cabinets and like you mentioned, they don't work well in the microwave.

I do use them in other areas as much as possible. I have taped the lid shut on a butter container, let my son paint it and he uses it as a drum. We have filled other containers with pebbles, sealed them shut and use them as shakers. And I definitely use them to store craft supplies, etc. I am funny about liking things to look pretty so I always do something to alter their appearance when they are going to be used elsewhere in my house.

our food containers are usually transparent microwavable plastic containers. so they are re usable, just clean them using dish washing liquid after use and use it until they are no longer reuseable. hehe. :)

i also use my old food containers to store my meat and put them in the freezer... i also use the containers as my lunch box if we ran out of containers or put bread for breakfast... they are really handy and useful especially during emergency... take care and have a nice day...

I re-use anything and everything that can be re-used. If it's not used to store left over food items, it holds my art supplies...or is just used as a container for grains. I also take them to school to be used to store stuff or use for activities with the kids.
My son also loves to make magazine holders from cereal boxes.
I organize most of my art supplies and things in the cupboard with the containers. I find it easier to use than to go out and buy the right thing to store them.
I use the film roll cannisters to hold different coloured glitter. I used baby food jars to hold torn paper and sort it by colours and I would use the torn paper for different activities with my kids at home or at school. I also used them to store crayon shavings or pencil shavings.

Hello dear beauty queen. A good idea to reuse the old food containers. My wife and I also use them again for some other purposes. If we don't need that many, we collect and store them and sell them later to the recyclers. Thank you for being so environment-minded a person that we need nowadays.