Buckets

I found a good place to get five gallon buckets for free. These buckets are heavy duty with a rubber seal top that closes tightly. I have practiced using these for six months so far with great results. All I do is put whatever dry products (rice, pasta, potato flakes.) into the container with the little air absorber pack and its worked so far. I found these for free at local pizza shops and restaurants that carry pepperchinnis or pickles or cake icing. They throw these away in great numbers and I asked them to save them for me. I have received fifty so far and they are just like new. You clean them out with bleach to get rid of any residual product or smell and air dry for a day, ready to use for free. I have dropped them full from a third story window and some have the top dislodge but the buckets are fine and inside products in perfect shape. The places I have gotten a large supply from are Papa John's and Dominos Pizza.

Offered by Bill.

Several days ago, I bought from a recycling depot, five large plastic barrels that had been used to store/import pickles. There are hundreds of barrels there, and we'll be getting more. They each have a screw top and hold about 70 gallons!! And the price - $7.00 each, Canadian $, which is about $5 each American!! We are going to use one for a rain barrel, one for a shower at our cottage property (pump water up into black barrel, wait for sun to heat - voila, warm shower).

Offered by Cass.