@AlienSkyler
Really good idea, but I'll have to be a hair in the soup. On an environmental panel discussion a polymer researcher (someone deeply opposed to single use plastic btw) made the point to be extremely careful when using plastics outside its intended use case around food. Temperature, acidity and lipids (fat) can break down plastics not designed to withstand them. So microwaving your fried lemons in a random plastic container is something I would be hesitant to do. Not saying you'll die, but please be careful!
this post was submitted on 30 May 2022
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This is good, but after a while I had too many.
Yep, we started using them for plant pots in addition to general kitchen use after they started piling up and it still doesn't dent the pile. Only way to go zero waste is to not get them in the first place.
Reusing plastic is great but... uh... try not to use acetone, for anything.
I generally wash out things like takeout containers and reuse them.
Though I try to be careful to not use them for excessively hot foods. Which means not microwaving them, among other things.
I've also found that grease on plastic is particularly annoying to wash off, so I try to avoid using them with foods that are too greasy.
FWIW they can be useful as non-food storage of various trinkets, as well as plant pots and plant pot dishes, even they can't be used for food.
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