Recycle Those Plastic 5 Quart Ice Cream Containers

Our household doesn't often get the generic 5 quart plastic buckets of ice cream these days, but I still have one or two left. This doesn't count the ones I have already in use throughout the house.

These are the larger buckets, not the smaller sherbet-size containers.

We currently use ours for:

Ice Cube Bucket in freezer in top of fridge - This size will hold 8 trays of ice cubes. If you, like us, are not affluent enough to have a fridge with an ice cube maker built-in, or you just never seem to find a container that will hold enough cubes to make it worth dumping them, this might work for you, like it does for us.

Potato or Onion Bucket - we have a closet in our pantry where we keep our potatoes and onions. A bucket this size holds 5 pounds of potatoes easily. Of course, two will hold a 10 pound bag. Clean, neat, washable containers.

Kitty Litter Measuring Bucket - between litter refills, I keep one near the litter box and it holds a dustpan, dust brush and litter scoop. When it's time for refills, I am usually juggling a huge bag of litter. I pour it into the bucket and have found that 1 and 1/2 buckets full is just right for our cat's box. Oh, for those without kitties, the dustpan and dust brush are to sweep up all those little clay granules that eventually get tracked into the beds if you don't sweep them up - they are also very evil when stepped on with bare feet.

We use these for many other things, as well. If you don't buy these, you can always find a friend, neighbor or relative who does, and who will save a few for you.