Just thinking......coffee can use.

You are showing your age if you can remember when a 3# coffee can actually had 3 pounds of coffee in it.

Did you know that some pennies (cents actually) have in excess of 2 cents worth of copper in them? Do you have them seperated?

my husband eats about 3 or 4 of those plastic buckets of ice cream a week..really..(head injury..can't help himself..well maybe he can)..

i give them away all the time..by the stacks !!!!..used to save them but it got ridiculous

Change seperation ... Have one for quarters, dimes, nickles & pennies. When one gets full I wrap the change (Quarters and Dimes anyway) and take them to the bank. Nickles and Pennies get a new container when full.

I also use them to store boxed cereal once it's opened. Don't like leaving open boxes in the pantry so I pour the contents into the clean can and tear off the lid of the box and toss that in so I know what type of cereal it is.

They're great for storing other open pantry items as well. Things like Rice, Sugar, Flour and when I open a container of powdered milk (since I don't mix it all at one time) the rest goes in one of these canisters. They're dark so it helps a little with retaining the vitamins in the milk. Just use a Sharpie on the outside and re-use the same canister over and over for the same thing.

My DH uses them for all sorts of small items in his sheds. Nails, screws, bolts, twine, etc.

There are so many uses for these and they're very stackable! Just use your imagination!

They make great berry buckets, dog toys, feed pans for young stock... if they get shredded, grab another.

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Is there anything special you need to put in or just throw scraps and such in?

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I get the empty plastic ones from work.
I fill them with water and use them as targets.
I can see them at a longer distance, and when they are full of water, there's no question about if you hit it or not.
Also use them as feed scoops, storage containers, etc.
I'm really kinda thinking about that counter top composting thing.

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One of our local kitchen magazines had a column written by a hunter with two recipes for bread he bakes in one pound metal coffee cans. He says they are just the perfect size to carry in his hunting coat. The recipes looked so good I switched coffee brands just to get a can to try his recipe! I switched from Maxwell House, which I have been drinking for over 20 years, to Chock Full O' Nuts with the bonus that I like my new coffee much better.

I still have plenty of the Maxwell plastic containers, though. I use them to store crackers, cookies, extra flour or sugar or other pantry items, to carry food scraps to my poultry, and to carry rabbit and bird feed to different hutches and pens.

Although I haven't done it myself, a man I bought some rabbits from uses the wide mouth plastic containers for water for his rabbits. He uses the handles to tie the containers so the rabbits can't tip them over.

Robert Rodale used open-bottom metal cans including coffee cans for plants in his garden. He believed they conducted electricity which was beneficial to his plants.

The blue maxwell house ones are great for adding paint to b/c they have the handle. Easier when your'e on a ladder. Leftover stays good for a long time for touch-ups.
I use one for my homemade laundry soap like Rose. (I was proud to be doing something Rose does! )
A ball of yarn in one w/hole in lid is good.

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Sharps container for used syringes and needles. Just duc tape the lid on and cover the hole with 2 or three layers and you can toss them in the garbage without risking them scattering. I need to get a new one in the barn!

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Yep! We bungie a few with lids to our ATVs when we go berry picking.

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Ross, I hadn't thought of that! Been vaccinated several times for lepto and blackleg with used needles in barn trash. LOL Now, I will be ready!

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I drill some drain holes in the bottom and attach them to fence posts here and there on the farm. I attach with a single screw so I can swivel it to empty it. I use them to drop in any metal or glass bits that I find instead of putting them in my pockets to be lost again when I pull my gloves etc. out. Just be sure to put them where the animals can not reach them or they will empty them for you!

!981 & older are 95% copper, which is worth about 2.1 cents per cent. Not very productive but the info may come in handy if WIHH needs something to do during a period of inclement weather.

i will have to check my pennies. my own go back over 40 years. then i have the ones dad left me.

big fine for putting needles etc in the trash here. have to have a special container and take it to the pharmacy. ~Georgia.

Thanks! That is a great tip

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We store paint in ours. If I have to go up on the ladder with a paint can, we poke holes on two sides at the top of the paint can and make a handle with a piece of metal coat hanger.

We use them at the church bazaar for the Cookie Walk.

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I spray painted a solid base coat over my folgers containers. Then painted words on em to say what I stored in em. Made myself a great stackable cannister set for the counter using the 3 different sizes of containers. Also do the base painting but then decorate accordingly for giving cookies at Christmas time.

great info!! i was in a training class and it was mentioned (by the educator) that sharps containers may not (or will not) be covered by medicare?medicaid? or something of that nature. i live in wa state so it could just be a wa state thing. not sure. all the same...fantastic info!!

i be so happy to see this thread. i also hoard coffee cans, can't seem to part with 'em. knowing there's gotta be more uses for 'em. do they really keep crackers and cookies from going stale? i love all the ideas.