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Now is the time, in the school supplies sale. I just bought some plastic snap-lid pencil boxes for fridge storage. Perfect for small things that drift around in the fridge---uneaten strawberries, boiled eggs, veggie sticks, lunch meat or cheese, half a bulb of garlic; all in one place. Can also be pressed into service to carry lunch items on an outing. A sandwich will fit, with plenty of room left over for other small goodies. Not air-tight, but good enough.
Just make sure the plastic box has a recycling symbol with #1,2,4,5,or 7, but not #3 or #6.
Why? You're never going to throw it away. When it is no longer useful for food, keep pencils in it. Or keep it in your car, under the front seat, as an alternate glove compartment for spare fuses and bulbs, tire pressure gauge, a few bandaids, miscellaneous automotive nuts and bolts that you find lying in parking lots, a few handi-wipe packets, a snake-bite kit, a cheap knock-off swiss army knife with 18 blades, a couple of small C-clamps, a spare cap for a plastic beverage bottle (1,2,4,5,or 7) in case you drop one down between the seats, a few clothes pins, 20 feet of nylon cord, a foot-long piece of coat-hanger wire, a magnifying glass, and a little travel sewing kit. Eventually, it will just get crushed with all the other plastic components in your car.
The ones I bought today have a #5, so don't worry.
Why? You're never going to throw it away. When it is no longer useful for food, keep pencils in it. Or keep it in your car, under the front seat, as an alternate glove compartment for spare fuses and bulbs, tire pressure gauge, miscellaneous nuts and bolts, a snake-bit kit, a couple of small C-clamps, a spare cap for a plastic beverage bottle (1,2,4,5,or 7), a few clothes pins, 20 feet of nylon cord, and a little travel sewing kit.
I think kind of like reusing cheap plastic water bottles, some plastic is food safe, some is not....Might be better for the car kit
Is not only about recycling - plastic containers marked with #3 and #6 are unsafe - they leach chemicals into your food.
Code 3: Polyvinyl Chloride, or PVC / Vinyl. This material, used often in flooring and shower curtains, as well as household water pipes (primarily for evacuation only - they should never be used to bring fresh water into the home), used to be used in cling wraps. The plastics industry is adamant that the type of PVC currently used in cling wraps does not contain the phthalates that are known endocrine disrupters. However, these phthalates may still be present in PVC bottles and toys. There was recent information that many baby teethers were also made from PVC, due to its soft flexibility. PVC or vinyl items should never be given to a baby or child who may put them in his or her mouth.
Code 6: Polystyrene, or PS / Styrofoam. As well as being another endocrine disrupter, styrene is also believed to be a carcinogen. This plastic is used to make some types of disposable forks, spoons and knives and also the "foam" cups such as those sold under the name Styrofoam. Hot liquid can cause the styrene to leach out of these products, as can fatty oils or alcohol.
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