Is it safe to reuse plastic bottles? Mum uses juice bottles for storage in her pantry
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Mum’s VERY unusual pantry organisation trick for rice, flour and sugar sparks heated debate
- A mum has shared the unique way she stores pantry items, sparking a debate
- Lakshmi reuses plastic juice and water bottles to store dry ingredients
- Some online deemed the idea to be ‘clever’ while some said it looked ‘ugly’
- Others questioned if it was safe to reuse plastic bottles long-term
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A mum has sparked a debate after sharing the unusual way she organises her pantry.
Lakshmi revealed she recycles plastic juice bottles and water bottles and uses them as ‘jars’ in her cupboard, which sparked wildly different responses on a popular Australia Facebook group.
While some praised her ‘clever’ storage idea, others claimed the bottles were ‘ugly’ and questioned why she didn’t choose juices with more sustainable packaging in the first place.
Lakshmi had hoped the idea would inspire others to recycle or reuse plastic items as they can store up to 1.5kg and last a long time.
Lakshmi revealed she recycles plastic juice bottles and water bottles and uses them as ‘jars’ in her cupboard (pictured)
The image shows Lakshmi organised pantry full of plastic containers and bottles stocked with dry ingredients, such as rice, pasta and flour.
‘These Golden Circle bottles are Pearlpet bottles, see through and can hold up to 1.5kg of anything, occupies less space in storage and I have a water bottle cut in half that I use as funnel to put things into them,’ she captioned the post.
‘Coffee bottles is where I store all my powders and stuff. Very proud to say that my pantry is 98 per cent reused containers.’
While Lakshmi was happy with how her pantry looked, some didn’t approve.
‘Those Golden Circus bottles are not BPA free. Please do not use them to store food,’ one person wrote.
‘How do you get the juice smell/taste out? I find once you close them, no matter how good it is washed, it always has the lingering juice smell,’ another questioned.
A third added: ‘Be careful as some plastic containers aren’t supposed to be used long term.’
‘Some plastics are only single use. The recycling number is five, six, seven for reusable,’ another woman explained.
‘Anything that’s one, two and three are single use and needs to be in the recycle bin.’
Despite the concerns, many seemed pleased with the concept and thanked Lakshmi for sharing the idea.
‘Finally someone with a good organised pantry that doesn’t cost an arm and leg to make it,’ one woman wrote.
‘Best post ever. You truly care about the environment and yet managed to make it look modern,’ another added.
Another woman said she uses old ice cream tubs as water and food bowls for her pets, while another has turned old coffee jars into storage containers for dry food.