Trash, Garbage, and recycling are part of every cleaning job. Here is what you need to know about household rubbish, trash, and junk. th-cam.com/play/PLh1fKdNH3piRvAWlETzTpX_MGk8Ztel_c.html
I rarely throw out pickle jars! Hubby and I fight over them. Usually the lid seals are well made, so we use for sugar, beans, etc. Hubby stores his creative sauces and Japanese pickles. Hi from Japan 🇯🇵 I’m an expat married to Japanese.
These are great "rules"! We recycle everything because it comes in too fast! That's my rule- otherwise I'd be drowning! 🤣 I had no idea the florists would take unused vases!! Best tip of the day! I have a number of pretty ones, but rarely use them. Off they go! Thanks Angela!! 😄💐❤
Thanks for watching and yes, the florist takes back vases. The dry cleaners take back coat hangers. If we ever go to a drive-through and they fill the bag with those baby ketchup packs (I take out my food and hand back the bag with the 20 season packs, two extra spoons, and 2 extra straws, and 40 napkins. I bought one meal - I don't need a month of supplies to go with it - AND, somebody has to pay for all that. LOL. Crazy world we live in.
Watching the video I can look around and see all the glass jars we use for sewing supplies, pen and pencil jars, button and seashells jars. In my sewing room I have a closet shelf for my coffee/Keurig supplies for sugar, powdered creamer and my coffee filters etc, jars with lids are so valuable. The small salsa jars are great for leftovers in the refrigerator as you can see what’s leftover. Thanks for the tips Angela.
Thanks for watching and for recycling and reusing. If you have a purpose for the jars, awesome. If you don't, don't hang on to them, more will come into your life at a later date. (like tomorrow. LOL.)
This is great to hear. I recycle wine and beer bottles but I never thought of recycling all the spaghetti sauce jars I save and more than a dozen vases. I get a lot of flowers. Thank you for always giving great advice. You provide a great service
Another place to bring vases is Agricultural Career and Technical Eduction programs at high schools. They usually have a horticulture class and teach flower arranging techniques.
Here’s the problem: only 9% of the recycling that we put out on the curb is actually recycled. The rest is trashed. When China stopped accepting and processing our recycling, the US wasn’t able to process its own. We can help by buying in bulk, using our own containers, etc. The system is a mess.
I think that has more to do with plastics. Now that I have read a few more comments, I can see that I am wrong. I hope this will be fixed in the near future. Remember there are THREE Rs: Reduce, Reuse, and finally Recycle. We have been lazily relying on "Recycle" for too long.
A big problem is the lack of sorting, specifically the lack of understanding of trash sorting at the individual level. In the US, my curbside trash collection at best has "garbage" and "recycleable". Now, in my current Asian country apartment, we're required to sort paper, food paper (which has a thin plastic lining), glass, electronics, metals, styrofoam, general plastic, plastic bottles (HDPE, etc.), then general household waste (which must be in specially labelled bags you buy at shops, less difficult than it sounds). We additionally have a special collection area for yard waste and food waste (the latter of which is shipped off to nearby pig farms). Many people are either lazy, or don't understand what goes where. My complex has housekeeping staff that double checks the sorting, and if you're caught on the community CCTV obviously dumping the wrong thing, you get fined. If it sounds draconian, it's a buck-passing from the waste/recycling services; if the category of recycles exceeds a certain percentage of "wrong items", the apartment management/community gets billed an extra charge/fined. This segues into China's increasing refusal to accept "western garbage", due to incorrect sorting, among other factors. I mean, really, who wants to sort out the 10 tons of dirty diapers some sod put into 30 tons of plastic bottles? The absorbent diaper filling and part of the shell are indeed plastic, but it's apples and oranges. Lastly, your local recycling centers may just not have the correct equipment to process the recycling they receive, and it will go into the landfill or incinerator. I'm sure many are upset about this, but 1. they're businesses 2. the profit margin (if any, lol) on recycling isn't great 3. some outlier towns have upwards of 20-30 recycling categories, so don't expect much from your catch-all 1-3 bins. It's nice to say "just don't use plastics at all" but it is very easy and cheap, versus the nebulous and expensive "it's for the environment and my great-grandchildren".
Some glass jars, like some spaghetti jars, have marking for cups, pints, etc. If you take off the label, you'll see those markings. Those jars can be used for two purposes. They can be used for storage, and as measuring cups. I have a few of those jars saved, and I use them all the time.
Thanks Hazel. It keeps the jars to a minimum. We also have rules about plastic tubs, mugs, pitchers etc. It's easy to get carried away and have extras just in case...and before you know it the kitchen has too many dishes. LOL.
Another great video, you are just terrific and full of useful information! I have a project this weekend to go through my glass jar inventory. I’m a hoarder of glass jars! Since I had the 3 mice a few months ago, everything gets put into glass jars. The only downfall is the horrible glue from the labels that’s so hard to get off. 🤷🏻♀️
Hi Sherri, I'm so happy for you and so proud of you for going through your glass collection. For adhesive remover we use one of two things. 1) A handheld steamer will take them right off. This is the one I use. amzn.to/3Ct9rzC 2) Goo Gone works wonders amzn.to/3fI9xcN (This is the version I use.) Keep me posted, I'm here rooting for you.
I don't think it's the number of glass jars you re-use, but I am now going to clean off a shelf full of glass jars I have been saving and not using for well over a year. Thank you!
@@AskAngelaBrown along with the q-tips and cotton balls (candle holders) I use them for some leftovers, sugar, teabags. I also dilute my own handsoap and dishsoap to put in foaming dispensers, and store the extra in jars. But I've pretty much been using the same ones in rotation, and you have made me realize that: 1. I have a bunch of jars sitting collecting dust in my cupboard, 2. I can always get more if I need them.
This was so revelatory!! I have a shelf packed with glass jars and yes, we use some for storing things but it’s a finite amount of stuff. I feel I can really tackle all those extra jars and it will make sense now!!
Thanks for watching and checking in. Keep me posted on your process. I'm here rooting for you and want to hear what you ultimately decide to do and how it works out for you. 💛
@@AskAngelaBrown Thank you! So I've been thinking about "why" we've kept so many jars?! And really maybe in comparison to other folk it's not that many, but it's taking up a whole shelf in my kitchen, so that seems wasteful and unnecessary. I think we kept some of the jars because they're pretty or different (some of them are from stuff I've had sent from back home in the UK/Europe, so there's some sentimental attachment.) Here's the logic for what we will keep, bearing in mind also that there are jars currently in use as well. Two jars for salad dressings. Three jars for coffee (we grind our own and have different "types" of beans), two jars for making small batch homemade lemon curd in, two jars for trail mix/freeze dried fruit (buy large bags from Costco) and that seems to be it. We don't use the jars for anything else, so why keep more? Now I can recycle about a dozen jars! Thanks Angela :)
I reuse the jars that the large candles from Bath and Bodyworks come in. When they no longer burn properly, put them in the freezer for a few hours. Then, you can get the residue out. I usually use a dinner knife with a rounded tip, and pierce it in a few places. It will break into pieces that will come out easily. The three metal wick holders on the bottom are glued down, but will come out with some work. I run them through the dishwasher and wash the lids in hot soapy water. I don’t put any type of food in them, but they’re great for non-food items. Q-tips, cotton balls, sewing notions, etc. The fragrance lingers a little, but I like that. Many of the tops are really pretty, and add a nice touch. I forgot to mention that the labels usually peel off fairly easily.
YES! Any time you can reuse a jar do. It keeps it from going in a landfill, and it prevents the need from you buying one for the purpose you found. Awesome idea. Thanks for sharing this. 💛
I personally reuse glass food jars once and then toss into recycling unless my cupboard is too full of them. I may use them to make a candle, but mostly get taken to the bin. Vases get sold at garage sale then if not sold, donated. I do have a big pickle jar for cords
I have been to an Earthship in New Mexico where they used copious amounts of glass bottles in the construction process, but I think I'll stick to using it in the making of concrete.
One of the biggest reuses for glass is in construction for concrete and paving roads. Thanks for bringing this up. It's inspiring to see where recycled goods are turning up. Thanks for being part of the conversation.
A bad user experience 😅😅 (& I agree) but.... how do you get the pickle smell out of the lids? Your videos are really great... kind & considerate, & jam packed with user friendly advise!
Thanks for your kind words. Take all your pickle jar lids and soak them in a bowl of water with a 1/2 tsp of baking soda and leave them for a few hours - the smell will be gone for life.
@@AskAngelaBrown TY💚 that's going to be a real "game changer" ⚡🥒⚡🙌🙌 also... you have inspired a visualization for me: my goal has been to have an empty/spare kitchen shelf. And... A ... " 2 VASE MINIMUM" tent sign might be just motivation I need! 😅Because, THAT would REALLY make me smile 😆😅😆
Thanks for this believe it or not I've been putting off getting rid of a ton of mason jars and I really need to address it. After listening to this I'm going to post them on Facebook Marketplace for one week if they sell great if they do not I'm going to recycle them
Also, Craigslist Free Stuff is a great way to get rid of things. Your trash is someone else's treasure. You don't even have to interact with strangers, if you don't want to - just set up a time with the person and leave it curbside.
Keep us posted and let us know how it goes. There are people who will take them off your hands. I know when we were growing up - we grew up on a farm and every season we canned 2K quarts of peaches, 2K quarts of pears, 2K quarts of tomato salsa, 2K quarts of cherries, beans, corn, potatoes etc. We were always open to people dropping off their mason 1 and 2 qt jars at the house, as well as the calls we'd get from local farmers "Hey do you guys want my apple orchard this year? Come get what you want." We'd bring home 200 bushels of apples for a storage cellar and eat them well into the next year. With 19 kids we ate the food, and the farmers who were aging out and didn't have the help or the interest to "sell" their crops that year would "gift" it to us. It was a real blessing.
@@AskAngelaBrown wow that's amazing. You guys must have been like little worker bees. You've inspired me to find the right home for these jars. I will let you know.
Set it in a pot of boiling water, let the wax melt, pour it out. While the glass is hot, hold it with a hot pad in one hand and wipe it out with a wooden spoon wrapped in a paper towel in the other. BAM!
I put mine in the freezer for a few hours, then poke it with a screwdriver to break it into smaller pieces and dump the pieces out. The remaining bits come off with some rubbing alcohol. I then fill with small Christmas ornaments, pine cones and battery operated tiny lights for the holidays.
I prefer storing food in glass containers. Last year, I started prepping more food & freezing it. (less trips to grocery store) I also ran out of my bought glass containers--oh, no! Light bulb 💡 moment! - - it dawned on me that I could freeze many of the veggies that I prepped in glass jars. It works out great! Oh, Angela, I also use glass jars for cotton swabs, etc in bathroom. You can get some rather attractive glass jars for "free"! Great tip to give extra vases to floral shops. Nice video!
Hey Christine, great ideas about freezing in the glass jars. Can you also re-heat them in the glass jars or does it take too long in the microwave? I don't have lots of experience in freezing with glass. Thanks for the tip.
Hello, Angela! I put the food in a pan and heat it. I am concerned that the cold glass might crack if heated. I am also be a bit hesitant to put any of the glass containers in the oven. I know some containers that I bought are supposed to be able to go from freezer to oven but I am still reluctant! I don't usually microwave my food, but I think if the jar was room temp or at least not frozen, it would be fine to microwave in the jar - - minus any metal top, of course! 😉 Btw, I enjoyed your video about prepping food for the month - - I prep about 3 weeks of food at a time 🙂
How do you prep to freeze in the glass? I tried it, I'm an old-school from-scratch cook, but I found that the glass jars cracked. Even the mason jars cracked, so now I'm afraid to use glass in the freezer. I do save those big pickle jars for beans and grains. And a few smaller jars for seeds. In the pantry. BTW, I made sure everything was at room temperature before I put in the freezer. I wonder if putting in the refrigerator first might have been wiser. Also, I left headspace, but I'm wondering if I should have left more. Thanks in advance if you see this and can answer.
Hello, Mindy! I let the food cool off a little and then put it in the refrigerator. After a few hours in the fridge, I put the jars in the freezer. I have never had a problem with the jars cracking in the freezer doing it this way. Good luck if you decide to try it!
Oh, and I usually just leave a little head space and have not had a problem. One other thing that I usually do: take a paper towel & wipe any condensation that is on lid before freezing--just to reduce excess water when I defrost the jar.
I wish I had curbside recycling. Although there is a recycling center in my town (pop 1500) I have to take it there, and usually have to unload it myself. I am on a walker at the moment (hip replacement scheduled soon!) and loading and unloading my recycling is difficult right now. Sadly, it usually just goes in the trash.
Oh no, that's not great. Sorry to hear. Maybe a neighbor can help or a relative, if they live close by? If it's not possible, then you continue to do it your way. Thanks for watching the video.
Thanks for sharing this. I think more cities now have worked recycling programs into their trash pickup. I know in common in most areas. And yes, to the thrift stores and resell stores taking vases. They are great donation items.
Thank you for the lovely compliment. As a Taurus, I really appreciate that and will work towards the Virgo energy as a daily goal. Good Stuff! Thanks for this! 💛🙏💛
I've always called it a "vayse", like you do. My wife calls it a "voz". Used to drive me nuts, but not anymore. To make a marriage work you have to tolerate certain things. And thanks for a helpful vid, Angela.
I love jars. I probably keep too many. A little bit off the subject, speaking of keeping things, I recently told you that I have been hoarding cleaning products for the past year due to the pandemic. You told me that they are a shelf life of 2 years. I will never use a closet full in 2 years. So my question is: do you know of anyone I could donate to ? Someone who takes cleaning products donations.
Hi Eva, When you are ready to give them away you can put an ad on nextdoor.com or FB marketplace and show a picture and mention what happened and house cleaning companies in your area who use the products you have may buy them from you at a slightly reduced price.
Great idea if you use change. I know that many people now pay with a swipe of a phone which eliminates the need to carry cash. During the height of covid there was a shortage of change because people weren't out and about recirculating it.
Thanks for this. If your area accepts glass they will still take it and sort it at their plants. The processing plants do sort glass by type and color.
I'm hearing that today. Where do you live? They still take it all here and in many places around the USA. I wonder if you live in a state without a processing plant.
I thought glass jars were meant for filling up with gasoline and placing them above a small fire to be shot with a pistol thus creating a nice light show. Huh 🤔. Who knew 🤷♂️ 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥 🔥
@@AskAngelaBrown also...my dad worked his whole adult life working in a glass factory...Anchor Hocking. So it was nice to hear you speak about the glass manufacturing plants here in the states. 🙏🏻
Trash, Garbage, and recycling are part of every cleaning job. Here is what you need to know about household rubbish, trash, and junk. th-cam.com/play/PLh1fKdNH3piRvAWlETzTpX_MGk8Ztel_c.html
I rarely throw out pickle jars! Hubby and I fight over them. Usually the lid seals are well made, so we use for sugar, beans, etc. Hubby stores his creative sauces and Japanese pickles. Hi from Japan 🇯🇵 I’m an expat married to Japanese.
LOL. You're right, there is something about pickle jars that are hard to beat. Thanks for sharing and welcome to the show. :-)
These are great "rules"! We recycle everything because it comes in too fast! That's my rule- otherwise I'd be drowning! 🤣 I had no idea the florists would take unused vases!! Best tip of the day! I have a number of pretty ones, but rarely use them. Off they go! Thanks Angela!! 😄💐❤
Thanks for watching and yes, the florist takes back vases. The dry cleaners take back coat hangers. If we ever go to a drive-through and they fill the bag with those baby ketchup packs (I take out my food and hand back the bag with the 20 season packs, two extra spoons, and 2 extra straws, and 40 napkins. I bought one meal - I don't need a month of supplies to go with it - AND, somebody has to pay for all that. LOL. Crazy world we live in.
As a very disorganized person trying to improve, you just gave me an incredibly practical framework to use. Thank you.
You're so welcome. :-) I'm rooting for you as you get organized! 🎉
Watching the video I can look around and see all the glass jars we use for sewing supplies, pen and pencil jars, button and seashells jars. In my sewing room I have a closet shelf for my coffee/Keurig supplies for sugar, powdered creamer and my coffee filters etc, jars with lids are so valuable. The small salsa jars are great for leftovers in the refrigerator as you can see what’s leftover. Thanks for the tips Angela.
Thanks for watching and for recycling and reusing. If you have a purpose for the jars, awesome. If you don't, don't hang on to them, more will come into your life at a later date. (like tomorrow. LOL.)
This is great to hear. I recycle wine and beer bottles but I never thought of recycling all the spaghetti sauce jars I save and more than a dozen vases. I get a lot of flowers. Thank you for always giving great advice. You provide a great service
Thanks so much for watching the video and for your kind compliment. 🤗
I love living with less!!! I have a family of 8 so living with less has been a game changer. My home is my sanctuary now and not my task master.
I love this concept. And a house full of 8. Awesomesauce! Thanks for sharing this. :-)
Thank you for covering this topic! I am really interested in keeping clean while not damaging the earth,
It would be nice if there were a perfect solution. The first key lies in consuming less. Thanks for watching and being part of the solution.
Another place to bring vases is Agricultural Career and Technical Eduction programs at high schools. They usually have a horticulture class and teach flower arranging techniques.
Great tip. Thanks so much for sharing this. I'll make a note of it. 👍👍👍
Here’s the problem: only 9% of the recycling that we put out on the curb is actually recycled. The rest is trashed. When China stopped accepting and processing our recycling, the US wasn’t able to process its own. We can help by buying in bulk, using our own containers, etc. The system is a mess.
I think that has more to do with plastics. Now that I have read a few more comments, I can see that I am wrong. I hope this will be fixed in the near future. Remember there are THREE Rs: Reduce, Reuse, and finally Recycle. We have been lazily relying on "Recycle" for too long.
A big problem is the lack of sorting, specifically the lack of understanding of trash sorting at the individual level. In the US, my curbside trash collection at best has "garbage" and "recycleable". Now, in my current Asian country apartment, we're required to sort paper, food paper (which has a thin plastic lining), glass, electronics, metals, styrofoam, general plastic, plastic bottles (HDPE, etc.), then general household waste (which must be in specially labelled bags you buy at shops, less difficult than it sounds). We additionally have a special collection area for yard waste and food waste (the latter of which is shipped off to nearby pig farms).
Many people are either lazy, or don't understand what goes where. My complex has housekeeping staff that double checks the sorting, and if you're caught on the community CCTV obviously dumping the wrong thing, you get fined. If it sounds draconian, it's a buck-passing from the waste/recycling services; if the category of recycles exceeds a certain percentage of "wrong items", the apartment management/community gets billed an extra charge/fined. This segues into China's increasing refusal to accept "western garbage", due to incorrect sorting, among other factors. I mean, really, who wants to sort out the 10 tons of dirty diapers some sod put into 30 tons of plastic bottles? The absorbent diaper filling and part of the shell are indeed plastic, but it's apples and oranges.
Lastly, your local recycling centers may just not have the correct equipment to process the recycling they receive, and it will go into the landfill or incinerator. I'm sure many are upset about this, but 1. they're businesses 2. the profit margin (if any, lol) on recycling isn't great 3. some outlier towns have upwards of 20-30 recycling categories, so don't expect much from your catch-all 1-3 bins.
It's nice to say "just don't use plastics at all" but it is very easy and cheap, versus the nebulous and expensive "it's for the environment and my great-grandchildren".
also when you live in an area that literally has no recycling service
Thanks so much for sharing these tips.
Some glass jars, like some spaghetti jars, have marking for cups, pints, etc. If you take off the label, you'll see those markings. Those jars can be used for two purposes. They can be used for storage, and as measuring cups. I have a few of those jars saved, and I use them all the time.
That's awesome! Thanks for sharing!!
I love your rules pertaining to inventory!
Thanks Hazel. It keeps the jars to a minimum. We also have rules about plastic tubs, mugs, pitchers etc. It's easy to get carried away and have extras just in case...and before you know it the kitchen has too many dishes. LOL.
Another great video, you are just terrific and full of useful information! I have a project this weekend to go through my glass jar inventory. I’m a hoarder of glass jars! Since I had the 3 mice a few months ago, everything gets put into glass jars. The only downfall is the horrible glue from the labels that’s so hard to get off. 🤷🏻♀️
Hi Sherri, I'm so happy for you and so proud of you for going through your glass collection. For adhesive remover we use one of two things. 1) A handheld steamer will take them right off. This is the one I use. amzn.to/3Ct9rzC
2) Goo Gone works wonders amzn.to/3fI9xcN (This is the version I use.)
Keep me posted, I'm here rooting for you.
♻ Recycle or re-use. Love it!👍💖🤗
Yes! Thank you!
I don't think it's the number of glass jars you re-use, but I am now going to clean off a shelf full of glass jars I have been saving and not using for well over a year. Thank you!
Let me know how you use them. I'm always curious to know they are being used. Thanks for watching. :-)
@@AskAngelaBrown along with the q-tips and cotton balls (candle holders) I use them for some leftovers, sugar, teabags. I also dilute my own handsoap and dishsoap to put in foaming dispensers, and store the extra in jars. But I've pretty much been using the same ones in rotation, and you have made me realize that: 1. I have a bunch of jars sitting collecting dust in my cupboard, 2. I can always get more if I need them.
This was so revelatory!! I have a shelf packed with glass jars and yes, we use some for storing things but it’s a finite amount of stuff. I feel I can really tackle all those extra jars and it will make sense now!!
Thanks for watching and checking in. Keep me posted on your process. I'm here rooting for you and want to hear what you ultimately decide to do and how it works out for you. 💛
@@AskAngelaBrown Thank you! So I've been thinking about "why" we've kept so many jars?! And really maybe in comparison to other folk it's not that many, but it's taking up a whole shelf in my kitchen, so that seems wasteful and unnecessary. I think we kept some of the jars because they're pretty or different (some of them are from stuff I've had sent from back home in the UK/Europe, so there's some sentimental attachment.)
Here's the logic for what we will keep, bearing in mind also that there are jars currently in use as well. Two jars for salad dressings. Three jars for coffee (we grind our own and have different "types" of beans), two jars for making small batch homemade lemon curd in, two jars for trail mix/freeze dried fruit (buy large bags from Costco) and that seems to be it. We don't use the jars for anything else, so why keep more? Now I can recycle about a dozen jars! Thanks Angela :)
I reuse the jars that the large candles from Bath and Bodyworks come in. When they no longer burn properly, put them in the freezer for a few hours. Then, you can get the residue out. I usually use a dinner knife with a rounded tip, and pierce it in a few places. It will break into pieces that will come out easily. The three metal wick holders on the bottom are glued down, but will come out with some work. I run them through the dishwasher and wash the lids in hot soapy water. I don’t put any type of food in them, but they’re great for non-food items. Q-tips, cotton balls, sewing notions, etc. The fragrance lingers a little, but I like that. Many of the tops are really pretty, and add a nice touch. I forgot to mention that the labels usually peel off fairly easily.
YES! Any time you can reuse a jar do. It keeps it from going in a landfill, and it prevents the need from you buying one for the purpose you found. Awesome idea. Thanks for sharing this. 💛
I personally reuse glass food jars once and then toss into recycling unless my cupboard is too full of them. I may use them to make a candle, but mostly get taken to the bin. Vases get sold at garage sale then if not sold, donated. I do have a big pickle jar for cords
That's great Emily! Thanks for taking the time to comment.
Love ya! This was so liberating.
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!
Thats def my issue. I have no rules. .. appreciate your videos so much.
Thank you! Sometimes we need to set rules to make things easier for ourselves. Jolene, you got this!
Great advice Angela 🥰
Thanks, glad you think so!
Very informative 👍🏾
Glad you think so! Thanks for watching!
I Love reusing my candle jars!
You are already ahead of the game!
Love your channel thanks for sharing. Love the stories too.
Yay. Thank you for your kind words of encouragement and support and for spending a few minutes of your day here with me. I appreciate you. :-)
@@AskAngelaBrown 😁👍👍👍
I have been to an Earthship in New Mexico where they used copious amounts of glass bottles in the construction process, but I think I'll stick to using it in the making of concrete.
One of the biggest reuses for glass is in construction for concrete and paving roads. Thanks for bringing this up. It's inspiring to see where recycled goods are turning up. Thanks for being part of the conversation.
A bad user experience 😅😅 (& I agree) but.... how do you get the pickle smell out of the lids? Your videos are really great... kind & considerate, & jam packed with user friendly advise!
Thanks for your kind words. Take all your pickle jar lids and soak them in a bowl of water with a 1/2 tsp of baking soda and leave them for a few hours - the smell will be gone for life.
@@AskAngelaBrown TY💚 that's going to be a real "game changer" ⚡🥒⚡🙌🙌 also... you have inspired a visualization for me: my goal has been to have an empty/spare kitchen shelf. And...
A ... " 2 VASE MINIMUM" tent sign might be just motivation I need! 😅Because, THAT would REALLY make me smile 😆😅😆
I needed this video! Thank you!
You're welcome, glad it was helpful!
Thanks for this believe it or not I've been putting off getting rid of a ton of mason jars and I really need to address it. After listening to this I'm going to post them on Facebook Marketplace for one week if they sell great if they do not I'm going to recycle them
Donate to a thrift store if they don’t sell.
@@chg1264 good idea that's exactly what I'll do thank you
Also, Craigslist Free Stuff is a great way to get rid of things. Your trash is someone else's treasure. You don't even have to interact with strangers, if you don't want to - just set up a time with the person and leave it curbside.
Keep us posted and let us know how it goes. There are people who will take them off your hands. I know when we were growing up - we grew up on a farm and every season we canned 2K quarts of peaches, 2K quarts of pears, 2K quarts of tomato salsa, 2K quarts of cherries, beans, corn, potatoes etc. We were always open to people dropping off their mason 1 and 2 qt jars at the house, as well as the calls we'd get from local farmers "Hey do you guys want my apple orchard this year? Come get what you want." We'd bring home 200 bushels of apples for a storage cellar and eat them well into the next year. With 19 kids we ate the food, and the farmers who were aging out and didn't have the help or the interest to "sell" their crops that year would "gift" it to us. It was a real blessing.
@@AskAngelaBrown wow that's amazing. You guys must have been like little worker bees. You've inspired me to find the right home for these jars. I will let you know.
How do you clean out the Yankee Candle holder? I have some and have no idea how to clean it out. Thanks!
Set it in a pot of boiling water, let the wax melt, pour it out. While the glass is hot, hold it with a hot pad in one hand and wipe it out with a wooden spoon wrapped in a paper towel in the other. BAM!
I put mine in the freezer for a few hours, then poke it with a screwdriver to break it into smaller pieces and dump the pieces out. The remaining bits come off with some rubbing alcohol. I then fill with small Christmas ornaments, pine cones and battery operated tiny lights for the holidays.
I prefer storing food in glass containers. Last year, I started prepping more food & freezing it. (less trips to grocery store) I also ran out of my bought glass containers--oh, no! Light bulb 💡 moment! - - it dawned on me that I could freeze many of the veggies that I prepped in glass jars. It works out great! Oh, Angela, I also use glass jars for cotton swabs, etc in bathroom. You can get some rather attractive glass jars for "free"! Great tip to give extra vases to floral shops. Nice video!
Hey Christine, great ideas about freezing in the glass jars. Can you also re-heat them in the glass jars or does it take too long in the microwave? I don't have lots of experience in freezing with glass. Thanks for the tip.
Hello, Angela! I put the food in a pan and heat it. I am concerned that the cold glass might crack if heated. I am also be a bit hesitant to put any of the glass containers in the oven. I know some containers that I bought are supposed to be able to go from freezer to oven but I am still reluctant! I don't usually microwave my food, but I think if the jar was room temp or at least not frozen, it would be fine to microwave in the jar - - minus any metal top, of course! 😉 Btw, I enjoyed your video about prepping food for the month - - I prep about 3 weeks of food at a time 🙂
How do you prep to freeze in the glass? I tried it, I'm an old-school from-scratch cook, but I found that the glass jars cracked. Even the mason jars cracked, so now I'm afraid to use glass in the freezer. I do save those big pickle jars for beans and grains. And a few smaller jars for seeds. In the pantry. BTW, I made sure everything was at room temperature before I put in the freezer. I wonder if putting in the refrigerator first might have been wiser. Also, I left headspace, but I'm wondering if I should have left more. Thanks in advance if you see this and can answer.
Hello, Mindy! I let the food cool off a little and then put it in the refrigerator. After a few hours in the fridge, I put the jars in the freezer. I have never had a problem with the jars cracking in the freezer doing it this way. Good luck if you decide to try it!
Oh, and I usually just leave a little head space and have not had a problem. One other thing that I usually do: take a paper towel & wipe any condensation that is on lid before freezing--just to reduce excess water when I defrost the jar.
I wish I had curbside recycling. Although there is a recycling center in my town (pop 1500) I have to take it there, and usually have to unload it myself. I am on a walker at the moment (hip replacement scheduled soon!) and loading and unloading my recycling is difficult right now. Sadly, it usually just goes in the trash.
Oh no, that's not great. Sorry to hear. Maybe a neighbor can help or a relative, if they live close by? If it's not possible, then you continue to do it your way. Thanks for watching the video.
I have a lot of waterford glass vases.
Time to recycle them if you don't reuse them. If you really don't want to get rid og them, maybe you can re-gift them
List them on eBay or give them as gifts!
I love this video
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching!
I never have put glass storage jars in the bathroom due to possible dropping and breakage.
That’s a good point. Thank you for sharing : )
Our city recycled glass for years. But, no longer. .
Thrift stores take vases.
Thanks for sharing this. I think more cities now have worked recycling programs into their trash pickup. I know in common in most areas. And yes, to the thrift stores and resell stores taking vases. They are great donation items.
I don’t know about nowadays, but we have taken flower vases to florist shops who reuse them.
"I'm all about practicality."
Yes Angela, you sure are! 😅🤣😂🤣
I laugh, but I also admire that.
You exude serious Virgo energy! 💓💓💓
Thank you for the lovely compliment. As a Taurus, I really appreciate that and will work towards the Virgo energy as a daily goal. Good Stuff! Thanks for this! 💛🙏💛
@@AskAngelaBrown lol, not surpised about the Taurus sun either! 😂 But I would love to see your chart!
@@AskAngelaBrown you're awesome 💛
How do I clean the rubber gaskets in jars that have them? Thank you.
Dishwashing soap and hot water usually do the trick.
I put three glass vases in the recycling bin before this video was over!
YES! Hats off and high five. Clearing out a bit of space creates a bit of breathing room. :-)
I always had problems recycling glass, not including mason jars.
Mason jars are small enough that many thrift stores will still take them, and they do have household reusability.
can you use glass jar for food after lye was in it?
Glass is pretty forgiving. If you use dish soap and hot water, and rinse the soap out when you're done washing it, you can in fact reuse the glass.
@@AskAngelaBrown And dishwasher?
I've always called it a "vayse", like you do. My wife calls it a "voz". Used to drive me nuts, but not anymore. To make a marriage work you have to tolerate certain things. And thanks for a helpful vid, Angela.
It's good to compromise for a happy marriage!😊
I love jars. I probably keep too many.
A little bit off the subject, speaking of keeping things, I recently told you that I have been hoarding cleaning products for the past year due to the pandemic. You told me that they are a shelf life of 2 years. I will never use a closet full in 2 years. So my question is: do you know of anyone I could donate to ? Someone who takes cleaning products donations.
Hi Eva, When you are ready to give them away you can put an ad on nextdoor.com or FB marketplace and show a picture and mention what happened and house cleaning companies in your area who use the products you have may buy them from you at a slightly reduced price.
@@AskAngelaBrown thank you so much Angela. You have been such a big help to me so many times. I love your channel.
When possible, ALWAYS RECYCLE! 😃🌎🌍🌏
Yes, and recycling also includes repurposing, regifting, and reusing. 👍
#livingwithlessrocks 👏👍
It does! Great hashtag!
I have a large jar that I throw spare change in.
Great idea if you use change. I know that many people now pay with a swipe of a phone which eliminates the need to carry cash. During the height of covid there was a shortage of change because people weren't out and about recirculating it.
@@AskAngelaBrown I rarely use cash/change these days, so really it is kind of clutter, I guess.
Aloha from Hawaiʻi!!!
Hey in Hawaii! Thanks for watching and taking the time to respond. :-)
Not all vases are recyclable. Just like Pyrex glass and window glass. Non recyclable. Many do not know.
Thanks for this. If your area accepts glass they will still take it and sort it at their plants. The processing plants do sort glass by type and color.
Our community no longer accepts glass for recycling.
I'm hearing that today. Where do you live? They still take it all here and in many places around the USA. I wonder if you live in a state without a processing plant.
@@AskAngelaBrown No, some employees got cut on broken glass so they banned glass recycling.
Here's another community that no longer recycles glass. Only some plastics, cans and cardboard/paper.
Interesting. I recycle things that can be recycled and what I no longer use. Thanks for watching ant for taking the time to comment.
I thought glass jars were meant for filling up with gasoline and placing them above a small fire to be shot with a pistol thus creating a nice light show. Huh 🤔.
Who knew 🤷♂️
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I'm guessing this is a joke. ;-) Please shoot your glass jars filled with gasoline above open flames responsibly.
@@AskAngelaBrown 😬
Yes ma’am 😏
@@AskAngelaBrown also...my dad worked his whole adult life working in a glass factory...Anchor Hocking. So it was nice to hear you speak about the glass manufacturing plants here in the states.
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