tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15726646.post3269570346405188542..comments2024-01-29T16:15:16.537-05:00Comments on David Scrimshaw's Blog: Uses for Plastic Containers - the RequestDavid Scrimshawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04714106408606785482noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15726646.post-90926972813074141022007-03-09T22:06:00.000-05:002007-03-09T22:06:00.000-05:00You folks are on fire! This is amazing.I especiall...You folks are on fire! This is amazing.<BR/><BR/>I especially like Amanda's bathtub ferry idea. (But am a little perturbed by the voodoo doll suggestion.)<BR/><BR/>If any of you send photos of these uses, I'll blog them. Or if you blog the use, I'll be delighted to link.David Scrimshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04714106408606785482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15726646.post-33700165461728916572007-03-09T20:45:00.000-05:002007-03-09T20:45:00.000-05:00101 uses for a dead (or perhaps still breathing) p...101 uses for a dead (or perhaps still breathing) plastic container<BR/>[or maybe just five for now]<BR/><BR/>1. if it's slightly opaque, a flash difuser for a camera<BR/>2. fishin' bait<BR/>3. marble storage (for all those you've found after losing them)<BR/>4. ferry for hot wheels cars when playing in tub<BR/>5. nail clippings and hair storage for voodoo doll preparationAmanda Earlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09059621442042833693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15726646.post-87759702231572480452007-03-07T08:37:00.000-05:002007-03-07T08:37:00.000-05:00I'm using one of them right now for soaking liquid...I'm using one of them right now for soaking liquid polymer transfers.<BR/><BR/>And I plan to use some others for starting my seedlings in the very near future.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15726646.post-22262905796276164772007-03-07T08:08:00.000-05:002007-03-07T08:08:00.000-05:00I think a large poutine might contain as many plas...I think a large poutine might contain as many plastic molecules as a platic tub. You just don't know what's in that gravy.<BR/><BR/>Why are recycling rules so confusing? I thought it was only 1 and 2 plastics that could go in the blue box. And those plastic tubs are usually a 5. <BR/><BR/>But your link doesn't specify number, so I may have to recycle some of them.Asteroidea Presshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02260523018938986888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15726646.post-12801159927081580472007-03-06T14:13:00.000-05:002007-03-06T14:13:00.000-05:00Bob, you do indeed have a problem. You didn't even...Bob, you do indeed have a problem. <BR/><BR/>You didn't even mention the fact that by having to use two containers for your heated food you double the chance of biological contamination from improper sterilization and you add an extra exposure to the untreated air of your dwelling.<BR/><BR/>Plus, little molecules of plastic could be coming off and going onto your food even when it is refrigerated for all we know.<BR/><BR/>I'm going to keep using the plastic tubs for the lunches I bring to work because what happens when I don't is that I eat a large poutine. I suspect that a large poutine is much worse for me than plastic molecules.David Scrimshawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04714106408606785482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15726646.post-15001023839415997942007-03-06T10:01:00.000-05:002007-03-06T10:01:00.000-05:00I don't like putting leftovers into those plastic ...I don't like putting leftovers into those plastic bins unless they're cold leftovers (ie salad, dips). Reason being, i don't like putting them in the microwave to reheat cause i don't trust i'm not getting poisoned (myth perhaps, paranoid perhaps). So if i put hot leftovers in there, i then have to take them out of that dish, into something microwavable, and then wash both when i'm done!!! <BR/><BR/>I think being in ottawa helps my perception a lot cause we can recycle these - we only need so many nicnac holders, and other than that i don't have any good uses for these things. If only they were truely "reusable" ie NOT made out of plastic, but something more hardy... wouldn't that be nice :)bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07647157027022459930noreply@blogger.com