Reuses For Yogurt, Cream Cheese And Other Plastic Tubs

Sometimes you end up with a lot of plastic. It's OK. It can be hard to avoid.

Did you know that yogurt tubs can't be recycled with everything else? Happily, Whole Foods is there to help out with your #5 plastics. (And here are some useful facts about plastics, chemicals, leaching and food.)

But if you want to save yourself a trip to Whole Foods -- and save the energy involved in recycling all that plastic, here are a few ideas:

1. USE THEM AS POTS FOR PLANTS

Cut holes for drainage (and even use a second, cut-down tub as a saucer to collect said drainage).

2. USE ONE AS A CHANGE JAR

Why use a perfectly good mug or cup for this? Same goes for a pen cup or any other kind of supply cup.

3. A TOFU PRESS?

So says a commenter at How Can I Recycle This?

4. SAND CASTLE MOLDS

Beach season nears! Unleash your inner architect!

Got any reuses of your own? Put them in the comments!