This here tip will reduce food waste AND save you literally pennies each time you use it! I had to use this here tip last weekend on a plastic barbecue sauce bottle. I squoze the bottle with my gnarled and calloused hands ’til nothing else came out, then good ol’ Tiff told me this helpful lil’ green hint:
1. Take bottle (lotion, ketchup, mayonnaise, mustard, etc.)
2. Cut bottle in half using scissors (please wear goggles, gloves, elbow pads, and a mouth guard, and have your parents supervise you)
3. Use a spatula to get out the rest of the sauce, salad dressing, or what have you.
Simple. A tip that reduces waste while saving you money. Now that’s an EcoJoes© kind of green tip.
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September 10th, 2008 at 12:42 pm
makes sense to me..
but what if there’s more in there than what you desire?
September 10th, 2008 at 12:58 pm
Then you can either not cut it open, or you can transfer the remainder into a glass jar that will let you scoop out whatever you put in it.
September 10th, 2008 at 5:13 pm
obv a great post
September 11th, 2008 at 9:35 am
Thank you, Mark Obv
September 16th, 2008 at 2:10 am
Or you could not buy plastic bottles and containers to begin with. Seriously.
September 16th, 2008 at 9:31 am
I know, I know… but if someone offers it to me for free, it’d be rude to turn it down
Suriously though, I do try to not get too much plastic when it’s possible.