What to do with the plastic folger's coffee "cans?"
 

The new folgers coffee is coming in plastic resealable containers now instead of regular metal cans. There's an indent for a "handle" of sorts, so I'm just wondering what y'all do with them?

The lids snap on pretty tight and I've put them through the dishwasher with no problem so I'm thinking food storage possibilities but the plastic seems to have absorbed the coffee scent so I don't know about that.

I've gone back and forth on this one myself! I'm interested to hear other folks' plans for them. At the moment, I'm using one to collect compost scraps and coffee grounds for the garden.

DH takes them to the shop to put nuts ,bolts , etc in.

I'd be interested to hear some suggestions. Mine are piling up. I use some for outside water containers for the dogs and cats, others are used to scoop out minerals for the goats. I store my used needles in them from goat shots until I can take them to the hospital to be disposed of....let's see...
I store those plastic walmart bags in another and use the bags when I scoop out the cats litter box. That's about all I have. Anyone else??

I use the big ones for feed scoops.

They're a good size for plant pots and it's easy to poke in some drain holes.

yep I've got a couple also and am not sure what to do with them along with the one gallon cat litter containers I recycle every week and those little cappacinno cans with the plastic lids. I hate giving this stuff to the city to recycle but can't come up with anything to do with them.

So does my DH, he loves those things

Geez, yeah, help-help-they have gone forth & multiplied in my garage.

Have a bunch in our shed at our land to hold things. But mostly just have a bunch of 'em piled up.

Patty

During the summer, I dehydrate garden odds 'n' ends (buggy tomatoes, green beans a little too old, odd cucumbers, etc). I find the Folgers cans to be excellent storage for those things, which I use for chicken food when rehydrated. I've used them as cannisters for all kinds of things, foods (when washed out and aired very well), craft supplies, etc. You can easily label the outside with a magic marker or a self-adhesive label. They're stackable, too, so don't take up tons of space. Hope these ideas help.

NeHi

When I was painting the front porch, I needed green paint, white flat, and white semi all at the same time to do touch up. I used hooks to hang the gallons off the ladder but hauling up 3 gallons of paint (even two) was too much.

DH put a wire coat hanger hoop through each of 3 of the Folger's cans and I was able to hang hooks on the wire hangers. Because they seal so tightly, the paint is still good in there even months later!

I put my wild birds seeds in them, so my chickens don't help themselves, especially Obelisk...

Plasic coffee cans? why would anybody buy them? Maxwell House is good to the very last drop AND they still give you a real can.

Cuz they were on sale :p

compost bucket, and feed scoops

I have one in the cattle salt sack and one in the mineral sack. They don't rust with the salt. And when I knock them around by accident they don't make as much noise.

............I use several during the summer to store anything sweet so the sugar ants can't gnaw a hole thru and eat up whatever's inside . Those little buggers can cut right thru a plastic sack . fordy... :)

You know how you never have enough measuring cups - the one you need is always dirty? I poured in 1/4, 1/2, 3/4 cup, 1cup, 2 cup, etc on one of the coffee cans and marked the outside with a sharpie marker.

I have one small Folgers can in the dog food bin, marked with the correct feed measurements for the dogs.

And I just used one to collect eggs.

Love those cans!

Because they don't rust, the lids last longer AND they fit neatly across the top shelf in my kitchen cabinets. The built-in handle makes them eash to grasp and pull down.

They're perfect storage for potato flakes, rice and my upstairs stash of bread flour!

/VM

I toss my pocket change into one every night. When I took it to my Credit Union to deposit the money into savings, I was happy to find it held over $200 in coins!

deb
in wi

they work perfectly for feed scoops. also as a compost bucket you can leave on the counter and it just looks like you forgot to put the coffee away. very handy- i don't even like the coffee (8 o'clock whole bean rules:-) so i grab them wherever i can.

They are good for homemade "baby" wipes. Here's a how-to:

http://organizedhome.com/content-11.html

The lids make wonderful frisbees for my dog. They fly really well and she doesn't know the difference.

I'm glad the containers are useful for something, as the coffee sure isnt. Folgers lost me as a customer when they went to the plastic containers and cheapened the quality of the coffee at the same time. I dont care how much they hype it or discount it, floor sweepings and saw dust is still floor sweepings and sawdust. Maxwell House, well it never was that good, at least in the last few decades. Martinsons is by far the best of the canned coffees available today, but not available in my area except when salvage grocery occasionally gets in some bent cans. Really trully its as good or better than lot of fancy brands in the little sacks. No not as good as buying raw beans and roasting/grinding your own.

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For folks that camp or rough it in the woods like I do, one will keep a big roll of Scott TP dry clean and dry....Glen

I have a hard time holding the plastic ones, I prefer the metal ones. The plastic ones are okay to put eggs in when I am gathering them, but I think I need to put a handle of rope on them to hold them.

When I first saw them, DW came home from the store, it was a shock, a way of life, a basic raw material, from nail cans to Boy Scout camp stoves was going the way of the (fill in the blank).
But I do find them as handy, even more so some times, except the three can stove.(they melt).
Anyway carry one in the back of the truck w/shop rags soaked w/FreeBereeze(spelling?)and hole in it. (carry the dogs back there).
Another has the T.P. and some sawdust, just in case.

Site for three can stove;
http://www.motherearthnews.com/diy/1..._It_Hobo_Stove

Use them as soap molds.

If they can have a nail or a knife go through them without splitting too bad, mount them on your barn wall and hang halters, ropes, and bridles on them. ;)

Cut vertically, half way down, then around leaving the handle intact, they make great waterers for penned poultry or rabbits. Grab the top of the remaining handle, rap against a post and voilla, the ice breaks right out! Use the handle to dip fresh water without getting your hands wet (Cold).

I travel all the time and so I use one to keep my laundry detergent in. The box that it originally came in was not good enough, especially if it turned over.

When TSHTF
 

You could use several of them to bury your money in. They won't rust and are pretty waretproof. Just remember where they are buried (all of them). :)

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We need more ideas, so I'm bumping this one back up...

I think they are biodegradable.....

The office uses this kind of coffee, everyone now knows to bring me the empties.

DEFINITELY great paint/stain storage. You can move the can around easily with the handle while working and it seals tight.

I have several in the kitchen for bulk dry goods - I just air them out really well. Egg noodles, corn meal, my son's candy stash ... everything.

I like the idea of dehydrating bits and pieces of stuff and feeding it to the chickens (rehydrated) later on. I'm gonna try that this summer.

I knit, and have also considered using one as a yarn ball holder (haven't needed one yet, but soon as I do, I'll use one of these to hold it). You put the yarn ball in the container and pull the end up through a hole in the lid. It keeps your yarn from rolling all over the floor. :)

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I use them to keep my empty brass cases in for reloading ammunition.

Under the sink compost and just thought of using them to put balls of twine in, cut a small hole in the lid and pull the twine through.
Kid's small toys (legos, etc) storage
along with a wooden spoon, make a great drum
good place to store extra coffee filters
good place to store seed envelopes or small recycled pill bottles of garden seeds

I use them for nails, each size different container. I put enough mastic, a air block used for duct work for a job as the cold weather will ruin a whole bucket if it's left in the truck. No rust on things you put in them like the cans can give you and the lids seem a lot more durable than the old clear ones that always cracked. Besides Folgers is what I like to drink.

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The only one we have (don't know how we acquired it as we drink the bagged 8 O'Clock coffee from WM) is upside down on a fence post waiting for spring when I will put it back in service as a watering can in the garden. The finger grip indentations make it easy to hold when dipping water out of a 5 gal bucket when transplanting seedlings and watering young plants.