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ORIGINAL: TNDommeK

I use em to hold hair pins.

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ORIGINAL: LittleGirlHeart

No. The whole point of asking about upcycling, which is re using something for a new purpose, is so they're not going in a landfill. I know of a few very good uses for them, but it doesn't hurt to pick the brains of other crafty people.


YOU may not believe you can do anything with them, other then throw them out but I and many others out there, do know there's re use and up cycling purposes for them. So i thank you kindly to keep your negativity to yourself. I will be ignoreing you from now on like mod Chi asked me to, if you're not contributing anything to a positive thread but negativity.

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ORIGINAL: Lynnxz

Throw them away.

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ORIGINAL: freedomdwarf1

FR~

I'd buy a proper meds dispenser from a typical dollar store.
Probably made from recycled plastic from old bottles.

And I'd dump the old pill bottles into the recycling box where they'll do more good for the environment than anything I could bodge up for myself.

@LGH...
For all these things you keep coming up with and posting on these boards... why not use Google???
Pretty much most of what people reply on here can be found via Google.
Wouldn't it be more satisfying to have done your own research and gotten your own solutions and projects rather than relying on us lot to give them to you on a platter??
I was also going to say something else but that would be a gold-letter thingy - so I won't.

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ORIGINAL: littlewonder

probably in case there is trace medical residue inside that can leech into the groundwater. I know water has been tested here in MD and in some place it tests positive for all kinds of medical drugs.

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ORIGINAL: angelikaJ

To LGH:

You have a lot on your plate right now.
Getting mentally and physically well should be your first priority.

Taking care of your home is part of that.
Decluttering and cleaning.

Get a cheap notebook or make an open office file to record your up-cycling ideas.

Then when you are well, go back to it.
But for now: put this marvelous burst of energy and creativity toward wellness!

But you can recycle your pill bottles.
Recycling is completely different than throwing them away.
There is that little triangle on the bottom of most things made of plastic.
It has a tiny number in it which tells you the type of plastic.
Recycing centers have the bins numbered.
You just match the numbers on the items with the bins.

And until you are much better, I think that trying to upcycle tires is a bad idea.
You don't want to have a bunch of old tires around and then lose your energy for upcycling.

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ORIGINAL: kalikshama

Chris, I use something like this, which probably cost $3 dollars:



There are also bigger ones, and ones that organize multiple doses per day. Here's some examples from Amazon. I'm sure they have them at Walmart and CVS as well, but walmart.com was no help.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Dhpc&field-keywords=7+day+medication+dispenser&rh=n%3A3760901%2Ck%3A7+day+medication+dispenser

Regarding your empty pill bottles, my vote is that you recycle them. You should keep the current bottle on hand so you have information such as how many refills you have, etc., and not keep additional bottles for all the reasons LL mentioned:

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Chris honey, right now you need to seriously clean your living space and discard things. Wanting to save stuff and make it useful is admirable. However, right now, you know you are still a bit manic, and you are going in a dozen directions at once. What's going to happen is that you are going to save stuff, all with good intention or start multple project and then not finish.

You are going to get plenty of pill bottles, a bunch every month, so this project can wait. Also you don't want to keep putting the new script in the old bottle. If you do, and then need to check the script date or the refills, you will be looking at an old bottle.

Also, don't forget, you get mutliple scripts each month. If you have six prescriptions, you willl get six new bottles each month. You can't upcycle all of them. I don't know if they are recyclable or not, but if they are, they won't end up in a land fill, instead recycling in itself helps the environment.

So while lynn's comment may have seemed short and snarky, throwing them away right now is better for you. Once your living space is neat, clean, and organized AND you are managing to keep it that way for a couple of months, THEN start thinking about upcycle projects. But only do ONE at a time (aside from normal trash separation), and only when you can do it without making your space a candidate for "Hoarders."

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ORIGINAL: ElectraGlide

LittleGirlHeart you should do some kind of Arts and Crafts work with those Pill Bottles and other Hoarded items that you have stacking up. They would make a great 3-D effect if glued to wood and framed, you could paint the bottles and have one of a kind art work. It might be a hit at the art shows and make you some good money. Try making holes in the old tires and putting the bottles in them and using discarded Christmas lights to light the bottles up, that would be one custom yard planter for sure.

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ORIGINAL: LafayetteLady

Trying to remember to take your pills is great, but those pills cases are great for helping. I hope you aren't thinking it should be a temporary method of remembering towhat to take and when.

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ORIGINAL: littlewonder

probably in case there is trace medical residue inside that can leech into the groundwater. I know water has been tested here in MD and in some place it tests positive for all kinds of medical drugs.

I may be wrong but I think that is mainly from the way people often dispose of their unused medications.
We used to flush 'em.
I worked at a group home 6 years ago and that was our SOP.

Now pharmacies take them back (for a price) and the state police has days when they accept them at no charge.