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What do I do with a steady supply of styrofoam coolers? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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I'm on a medication that gets delivered to me in a dramatically over packaged way every two weeks. Part of this packaging is a styrofoam cooler about 27x22x25cm and two unlabeled cold packs.

I currently have 7 of these and expect to be getting them for the rest of my life. Aside from just tossing them, do any of you lot have suggestions for what i can do with all these coolers?

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[–] 9 points 1 year ago (1 child)

frustrating. I was also getting a steady supply of ice packs. One time one of the ice packs said it could be used as plant fertilizer and I was happy to do so but never saw another one like that.

I take my trash to a transfer station. The amount of single-use stuff we throw away is frightening.

I never came up with an answer. I asked my neighbors on an app and they had similar issues with chilled medical delivery.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Living in a large metro area I can throw nearly anything in the free section of Craigslist and someone will grab it. Old incandescent light bulbs, exterior door locks with matching keys, and a shower head i didn't like.

    If it is metal and no one wants it I can take to a recycling place.

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