Disposing of 'tupperware'

[JellySlice]

What's the best way?

To be ethical, wouldn't it be better to continue using it?

To sell it on ebay so someone don't go and buy a brand new item while yours is contributing to the atmosphere's carbon dioxide by being burnt a few days after you've disposed of it. Alternatively, continue using it until it's "worn out". If your aim is "ethical living" that is, that's how I'd interpret it. The item is already made, it's there, and can't really be disposed of without contributing to the world's already big garbage heaps. ... (Another story if you don't want to eat from it because you're afraid of chemicals in the plastic, but you could still use it for storing, say, screws or coins.)

Give it away to someone/an organisation that can use it?

Should have said, it's worn out. I don't think it's really sellable. (I intend to replace most of it with the glass sort with plastic lids.)

If it's not usable, all you can do is recycle it.

What makes it unusable, though?

I've gradually switched to glass and it's ace, no more tomato/oil stains.

The crux of 'ethical living' is in the main just using stuff far longer than we'd actually like to. Plastic tupperware does get pretty grim.

Broken lids and broken pots, but not matching pairs. Things overheated in the microwaves (thanks, dc ) so melted/bubbly bits in some of the pots. Some of my containers are 20+ years old, and the plastic is sort of slimy-feeling, so I don't want to use those.

Are they recyclable?

Goodness, I wouldn't keep 20+ year old tupperware. Try to recycle it, forget it and move on.

Here's the set I bought, I love it.

www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01HQ2W9UI/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?psc=1&tag=mumsnetforum-21&ie=UTF8

Some info from Tupperware www.tupperwarebrands.com.my/safety_assurance_decoding.php

But you'll need to check with your local authority about what plastics they do take for recycling. Mine, for example, is pretty limited ☹️

All our old plastic tubs get used in the garden once they're not fit for kitchen use anymore. Unless they're completely fucked they make good seed trays, plant pots etc. DD occasionally decorates one with her Posca Pens to make it purty. Easy to make drainage holes in the bottom with a hot skewer.

Annoyingly, despite the stuff being recyclable, our local tip won't take it. They told me to put it in the landfill waste.

It's so annoying isn't it? We can't recycle much plastic here. No yoghurt pots or anything of that knowledge kind. Has made me try to cut as much of it out as possible though.

I use old stuff for storing eg nails, screws, pens, pencils etc. Have also used old containers to decant paint into from large paint containers - small Tupperware tubs easier to handle when painting.

Offer it for free on a local FB site. Always gets snapped up where we are.