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I've started recycling at least 1 extra use out of everything, but I'm concerned this will not be sustainable.

Boxes I stack in my (large) garage. One day I will use these boxes again. Plastic Tupperware from various sources, cleaned and used for holding tools and stuff.

I can't figure out a good use for milk jugs.

Is this an issue of "sellers" not meeting "buyers"? I imagine milk companies could reuse this.

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Cut the top off milk jugs leaving the handle and you have a decent container for screws or other odds and ends. Also works as a scoop.

We found a source for local milk that comes in glass bottles that are then returned for a refund.

For plastic milk jugs: — fill with water, use as weights — make compost tea in them for your garden — use them as plant watering cans — rather than buying packaged drinks, reuse with powdered form — store cold coffee for later / iced tea?

Just a few things off the top of my head - agree, they start to pile up and become a problem, which is why our best option is to eliminate them.

My dad always kept our used milk jugs because it was much easier to use those when he needed to change the oil on the bulldozers and bucketloaders at his work than trying to get a pan in place in the godforsaken places that the drain in the oil pan was always located. Especially when you are doing that out in the field and you are lying in the mud or on a chip pile.

If you garden compost the cardboard. Rip it up or break it down with water and mix it with nitrogen sources.

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