What to do with empty pill bottles?

by Shirley Weagle

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What can I do with a bunch of empty pill bottles besides using them as storage for tacks, pins, screws, cotton balls or whatever. I have various shapes and sizes. Thank you. :)

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Janet Pizaro on Aug 30, 2016
This has come up several times. Honestly I would check your local pharmacies,hospitals and nursing homes to see if they have a need for them.

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- Shirley Weagle on Aug 30, 2016
  Well the pharmacies don't want them back for sure. Thanks any way.
  
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- Janet Pizaro on Aug 30, 2016
  Well then ask around to other possibilities or dispose of them.
  
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- Shirley Weagle on Aug 31, 2016
  The idea was not to dump them in the garbage which is why I asked on this site.
  
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- Met8404224 on Sep 24, 2016
  I haven't found a pharmacy to take them but people have said that Vets and the ASPCA take them. I haven't called them yet
  
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Sandi on Aug 30, 2016
Our local humane society uses them. We give them all of ours.

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- Shirley Weagle on Aug 30, 2016
  Thanks Sandi. I'll call our local Humane Society tomorrow.
  
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Verna Cote Chaney on Aug 31, 2016
try this: www.evansburgumc.com/ministries/outreach/matthew-25-empty-pill-bottle-recycling/

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- Shirley Weagle on Aug 31, 2016
  This is a great idea, however, as I am in Canada, I will see if there is something similar here. Otherwise, I will look into this further. Thanks Verna.
  
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Pam McDaniel on Aug 31, 2016
I use them to store seeds from my plants too & decorate the bottles & label.

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- Shirley Weagle on Aug 31, 2016
  I like the idea of storing plant seeds. Thank you.
  
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Linda Johnson on Aug 31, 2016
Scouts use them to make mini pocket sewing kits and/or fishing kits. (Cub, Boy & Girl Scouts.)

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Shirley Weagle on Aug 31, 2016
I like that idea. Thanks

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Christine on Aug 31, 2016
I am a Canadian Pharmacist. We do not take back used pill containers. However, they are recycleable so they can go in the blue box. However, if you want to make use of them, they are good in the sewing room for buttons, needles, pins, snaps, broken needles (i have broken needles on my sewing machine several times). They can also be used as sharps containers for used lancets after blood glucose testing.

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- Shirley Weagle on Aug 31, 2016
  Thank you.
  
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C Crow on Sep 01, 2016
Lots of ideas if you Google "reuse for pill bottles." I glued a flattish rock on top of 1 with E6000, placed a spare housekey in a small plastic ziplock bag inside, and placed it in rock garden in front yard. It has "saved" me twice now, although that is reusing just one bottle. I like the little snowman containers I saw when Googling as noted above, and plan to make them for money holders this Christmas (http://www.diyncrafts.com/11126/repurpose/30-genius-ways-to-reuse-and-repurpose-empty-pill-bottles).

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Shirley Weagle on Sep 02, 2016
Thanks very much. I doknow about Pinterest.

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Fauxgal on Oct 18, 2017

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