Asklemmy

Depending on where you live, this may be the start of your plastic-free/no-waste journey. (You'd obviously need a place where you can shop plastic-free somewhere near you )

I know you were probably joking, but as a PSA I will add that you NEVER dip any ‘bits’ or any body part in plaster in a closed, rigid container! 😬 A mold should be made with alginate, silicone, or other resilient material. The plaster is what would be poured into the mold afterwards, to make a casting. thanks.

Glass recycling is pretty good. Near complete recovery of the material. Plastic is basically impossible to recover, but glass and metals are generally very recyclable.

Just put it in the bin. Let the city recycle it. You'll get it back as a beer bottle or another glass bottle like this one, or something else entirely.

Why, uh. Why was that your first thought.

I once saw a video or a guy had a jar. I'm going to leave it a surprise but he put it somewhere. Maybe you could do that?

I save them up all year, and come Christmas / Lunar New Year, I bake cookies then hand out jars filled with cookies to coworkers and neighbors.

It turns out that my wife and I consume exactly enough jam in a year to balance out the jar egress for the maximum number of social connections we can sustain.

If I have a spare, I might make mango chutney. It doesn't need to be vacuum sealed if you just make one jar and eat it reasonably soon.

I suppose you could engineer them to be solar garden lights too. There ought to be enough room for the panel on top of the lid, a battery and circuit on the underside, and then you hang an LED in there.

Make one of those sealed jar terrarium ecosystems.

This is how I store my collection of randomly sized screws, nuts, and bolts.

Wash it, pour boiling water over it, put hot jam or other preserves inside, it will hold all winter. Just make sure the lid is concaved when the jam cools down - that means it seals well.

Store pickle, spices, dry fruits? I'm not sure if that's a food-grade jar. I would recommend pickling raw (ripe is used for sambar) Malabar cucumber. But then again, you won't be able to probably find it in your stores. Or better, buy black pepper in bulk, throw them in a mixer grider, turn it to power, and then store it.

I use old mason jars to store my whole bean coffee in the freezer until I’m ready to grind and use it.

A coffee aficionado can probably chime in on why this is bad, but uts the best use I’ve found for the jars.

I just put them in the recycling bin.

Growing mushrooms.

I use them for grease after cooking. Or for drinking glasses when I can't be bothered to run the dishwasher.

Sourdough starter!

You could use it to make kombucha

I make body scrubs in these.

Used coffee grounds, coconut oil, and some alcohol to keep it from molding

Might be a bit narrow, but if you wanted to make some pickle spears it should work.

I like to do a fridge pickle (always gets eaten within a few weeks, so spoilage isn't a huge concern). Something like this pickled jalapeño recipe works with most veggies, and you can use some whole black peppercorn and mustard seeds (or a pickling spice mix) to give it that pickle flavor.

Hot Dogs! Oh…. wait

Molotov cocktail?

I've seen at least two videos of a jar being used in the wrong way. Using these to make casts is the third because the rigid container will have to be broken to get the mold.

I recommend cleaning it and just using it to store bits and bobs or food if its food-safe. Or just recycle it. Or, make a lego submarine.

If spaghetti fit, you could use it for that.

Around here, there's also these shops that sell all kinds of goods without packaging, so where you bring your own containers and they fill it up with oatmeal or nuts or noodles or sugar etc.. Would be a useful container for that.

Make a candle?

If you don’t always need glass jars to pour your bacon grease before you wash the pan, you are clearly not eating enough bacon

Gonna need a longer jar.

Look into lacto fermentation (home made pickles like real sauerkraut).

Basically make sure your jar is as clean as possible; chop up a little bit of cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, broccoli (any or all, this is just an easy beginner list, the possibilities are endless); jam it down in the jar leaving a good gap at the top, and packing it in to leave as little air as possible; top up with clean, salty water so the veggies are covered (not crazy loads of salt, but the water should taste like between blood and sea water) (can also use a weight to keep the veg submerged if necessary, like a clean glass with water in); cover, leave at room temp a few weeks; enjoy a delicious and healthy food that humans have maybe been doing since prehistory. I was going to say how it works, but ran out of time, look it up!

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