How Do You Reuse Empty Prescription Pill Bottles?
We all have them–those little orange plastic prescription pill bottles. If you’ve used up your medicine and discovered your community doesn’t recycle the bottles, reuse them in the following novel ways around your home or office. Before dedicating you pill bottles to a new use, soak them in hot soapy water to remove the label. Or, skip this step if you don’t want to remove the labels. The easiest way to reuse pill bottles is to store household odds n’ ends in them, such as nails, nuts and bolts, thumbtacks, or paperclips. Organize your kitchen “junk drawer” this way, and write the items’ names on the outside of the bottle. When traveling, store only the vitamins and supplements you’ll need during your trip in an empty pill bottle. You won’t have to take along a the whole container for each supplement, thereby saving room in your luggage for souvenirs. Make a goofy, ironic Christmas tree ornament (or several) out of empty pill bottles: carefully punch a hole in the lid of the bottle wi
