Any ideas what to do with these sort of things?

We go through about 3 gallons a week and I have no place to recycle them. I've used a few in my garden. I have one that I put my compost scrapes in. And I always use a few when we go huckleberry picking in the summer.

Any other ideas?

I was going to mention the use in the garden, also the compost thing, you also can use them as bird feeders. I did find a website that has some ideas on it:

Home and Garden: 35 Uses for Plastic Milk Jugs

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You can cut the tops off and use them for funnels. My kids play with these in the sand.

GREAT site! Thanks!!

Wow, great ideas. I've only used them for seed starting so far (they make an awesome "greenhouse") but this site has a lot of great tips.

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Great site, good ideas! WE got through a ton of milk too and our trash service says they recycyle, but they pick up the recycyles with the trash and put them in the same truck. I dont think they recycle.

Going with an idea from that list, you could use the bottoms of the jugs as drawer organizers too. I was thinking I needed a way to organized my linen closet, first aid kits and hair ties and clips, etc.

I didn't look at the link, but one thing my girl scout troop use to do is cut them out in 4 or 5 inch squares. Punch holes around the edges and weave ribbon or yarn thru the holes. In colors of their choice for coasters.

Something for the kids to do on a rainy day.

The living nativity scene I used to do was REALLY long and wound thru a park. They cut large windows out of milk cartons, filled the bottom with sand for stability, and put candles in them to line the path that you drove on. I've seen people line their driveways like this at Christmastime, too. That's kinda far away to start saving them now, tho!

Good ideas!

If you have a freezer, they run more efficiently if kept full. So, when ours has empty space, I put rinsed, water-filled milk jugs in the freezer. These really came in handy last summer when lightning hit our well and we had no running water for two days.

Not just the freezer, but the fridge as well. Almost anything is better at retaining temp than air. I didn't have enough bottles and jugs to fill my fridge and freezer so I got creative. I found more things in my pantry and cabinets that can be kept cold without harm. A set of stoneware soupbowls, a marble morter and pestle, sugar and cornmeal canisters. If I have a big run at the store, I can just move them out.

Cathleen