do you save glass jars?

 

   We recently moved, and I took stock of the pile of glass jars of
various sizes that I had amassed over the previous 6 years or so.

   Lately, I've noticed that more and more store containers that were
previously glass have been replaced with plastic.  In the past, I've
kept the occasional glass container, reasoning that the glass lasts
forever, unless it is dropped.  Plus, of course, the glass is
pest-proof, unlike the plastic. (which a rat could chew through)

   However, I have to admit that I didn't actually USE the glass storage
containers I stockpiled very often.  This is with the exception of baby
food jars, which are great for storing things like screws & such under
wood beams. (just put a screw through the lid, then screw on the container)

   Currently, we don't really have the space to stockpile anything, so
I've just been recycling.  This might change once I get a decent shed
out in the yard, or build more shelves.

   Anyone else stockpile glass jars, or miss the days when just about
every food storage container wasn't made of plastic?

 




My father does but I don't.  We use plastic food containers for many
purposes.

I still use glass jars for canning and pickling but that's it.

 



Even a mouse can chew through a glass jar.  I don't think a rat would find
one much of a challenge.


If you don't use them, they're trash.  Put them in the recycling bin and get
rid of them.


Glass containers are more fragile and heavier than plastic.  What's to miss?

 

Lou wrote


I've never seen a jar that one has even started on.

Quite frankly, I dont believe it.

I have got some holes in paper packaging, mostly with flour etc.


Bet they do.


Not necessarily, things can change. They did in my case.


No thanks.


Yes, but thats no big deal when you have plenty of replacements.


Who cares ?


The convenience of being able to clean them in the dishwasher effortlessly.

I use about half of the beer bottles glass 375ml bootles we call stubbys.
Very convenient to have the dishwasher wash them. Much more convenient
than the other half, 750ml PET plastic bottles that have to be washed by hand.

 



I've never seen it in person.  What I did see was a show on the the
Discovery or Nat Geo channel about the mouse problem in Australia, and one
segment of the program showed a mouse gnawing through a glass jar.



I don't buy whiskey to keep for any length of time, let alone generations.
Don't buy fizzy drinks at all - do use a seltzer bottle once every five or
ten years.