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Old 18-09-2008, 03:46 PM
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Is there anyone on here that can reuse the plastic containers I have piling up from crickets and mealworms? If anyone on here is able to use them i'm happy to post them out, I just don't want to throw them in the rubbish so i'm looking for a way to recycle them. Does anyone else do this? Over the months they tend to build up and it seems a shame not to find someone that can make use of a delivery every now and again, but because of the ventilation slits I don't find them very reuseable. Pet shops don't want them back because they buy theirs in already in the containers and our recycling collection wont take them.
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Old 18-09-2008, 03:54 PM
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i think athravan posted about wanting people to send there old tubs to her aslong as they are in reusable conditions but that was a while ago that she made the thread!
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Old 18-09-2008, 07:00 PM
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Pm'd you back.

There must be lots of other reptile keepers out there that have this problem and that care about the environment enough to not just go chucking them away and must be lots of rep breeders that could use them so i'm not suprised there has been a thread before but I couldn't find one.

Isn't there someway that a link can be put up somewhere for people wanting them and then anyone could pm when they've got enough to make it worth sending some.

Just a thought. RFUK doing it's bit for the environment kind of thing I'm sure plenty of people already doing this, but have to admit i've been trying to find uses for them for months now, half of them are in my freezer... though not with liquids in obviously!!!
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Old 18-09-2008, 08:47 PM
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if u have enough of them some shops will swop them for food
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Old 18-09-2008, 08:52 PM
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I always seem to need them, and waxworm pots.........
so if there is any spare ones please bare me in mind.(especially the new rigid type with slits down the sides rather than holes.)
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Old 18-09-2008, 11:54 PM
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wow I never expected such a good response. I've offered them to first person that pm'd, if for any reason they decide they don't want them i'll just work down the list. I'll not have to worry in future, no shortage of people willing to take them. Can't believe i've spent the last 12 months trying to find ways to reuse them and I could have just been sending them on!! Cheers to everyone. Hopefully encourage others to recycle theirs too.

As for swop for food, wow you have some generous pet shops near you.
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I've got a shelf full of them, kindly given by someone else (thanks D!) waiting for next seasons hatchlings
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Old 19-09-2008, 01:11 PM
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i need loads for my inverts if yone has any going
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Old 19-09-2008, 02:50 PM
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I've got LOADS at home and just can't bring myself to get rid. If anyone wants any just throw me a PM, they're beginning to take up too much space!
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