# What can I do with old prescription bottles? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 30, 2002, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-old-prescription-bottles/111504 "2002-05-30T05:23:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-old-prescription-bottles/111504/1 "2002-05-30T05:23:46Z")
I have a number of empty prescription bottles, and I wonder if they can be put to some use. I’m putting this in **Cafe Society** instead of **MPSIMS** because I’d like to do something creative with them, and this is where the handiworkers gather. Maybe I could grow tiny little plants in them? ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angel_of_the_lord/32/2949_2.png) [@Angel\_of\_the\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_of_the_Lord)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-old-prescription-bottles/111504/2 "2002-05-30T05:29:06Z")
I knew someone who used them as shot glasses. He was weird. ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-old-prescription-bottles/111504/3 "2002-05-30T05:29:59Z")
Make a necklace out of them. ---
**Author:** ![Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/ebca7d/32.png) [@Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violet)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-old-prescription-bottles/111504/4 "2002-05-30T05:52:36Z")
Sell them on eBay? Save them for 100 years? Store safety pins in them? ---
**Author:** ![Lipid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/43a26b/32.png) [@Lipid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lipid)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-old-prescription-bottles/111504/5 "2002-05-30T06:12:37Z")
I’ve heard of people storing their marijuana stash in there. Yes, but I’ve only heard… ---
**Author:** ![mkmiller99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@mkmiller99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mkmiller99)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-old-prescription-bottles/111504/6 "2002-05-30T06:37:39Z")
I use mine to store small craft items like sequins, beads, confetti and such. Here are some other ideas: [ul] [li]Store newly dried herbs[/li][li]Keep one in the car to store change[/li][li]Decoupage them and make them into little gift tubes[/li][li]Spray the inside with nonstick spray and use them as cookie cutters[/li][li]Take an empty one when traveling and put the day’s jewelry in it overnight.[/li][li]Glue them together and make a desk organizer - some hold pencils and some have lids for paperclips and such[/li][/ul] This was fun! ---
**Author:** ![arachnidlove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@arachnidlove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/arachnidlove)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-old-prescription-bottles/111504/7 "2002-05-30T07:31:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lipid \* > \*\*I’ve heard of people storing their marijuana stash in there. > > Yes, but I’ve only heard… \*\* My friends do this. They also put papers and a pipe and its like a little pot kit. ---
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-old-prescription-bottles/111504/8 "2002-05-30T07:33:47Z")
Put a tall one over the end of your shotgun barrel to keep the dust out. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/edb3f5/32.png) [@The\_Asbestos\_Mango](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Asbestos_Mango)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-old-prescription-bottles/111504/9 "2002-05-30T16:09:19Z")
Wind chimes!!! Some Protestants do this with those cheap plastic communion cups. ---
**Author:** ![EchoKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@EchoKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EchoKitty)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-old-prescription-bottles/111504/10 "2002-05-30T18:00:45Z")
Christmas tree ornaments. You can decorate them all purty ‘n’ everything. ---
**Author:** ![3waygeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/e95f7d/32.png) [@3waygeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3waygeek)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-old-prescription-bottles/111504/11 "2002-05-30T18:28:29Z")
Back when I worked in an office, I used them to hold quarters for the vending machines – the narrower bottles are just the right size. ---
**Author:** ![TPWombat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TPWombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TPWombat)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2002, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-old-prescription-bottles/111504/12 "2002-05-30T23:16:28Z")
Glue little tiny sea-shells all over them. ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2002, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-old-prescription-bottles/111504/13 "2002-05-31T00:22:49Z")
Sorry I didn’t respond earlier! Storing things. Yes, that sounds good. I’m already using one for such a purpose ;). Wind chimes? I hardly think they’d make enough noise! Thanks to all! ---
**Author:** ![Bob\_Scene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@Bob\_Scene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob_Scene)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2002, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-with-old-prescription-bottles/111504/14 "2002-06-01T14:21:29Z")
Take the labels off with WD-40 and use them as Christmas lights.