As for the tape to hole milk jugs...duck tape rules!. As for 2 liter soda bottles. I make some 1-2 inch vertical cuts in the top and force the top into the bottom. I fits snugly and does/t come off untill I take it off.

kim

Last year was my first year WSing, and I experimented with all types of containers and cutting them different ways. The goal was to cause the least damage so that the container would be re-usable.

Duct tape is too darn hard to get off, and I don't plan to use much this year. In most cases, a 2 or 3 inch piece is sufficient to hold the container together. The clear plastic packing tape worked fine for me, just make sure you apply it when the container is completely dry. With both kinds of tape, I fold the end a little on itself, so there is a little "tab" to grab and remove it later.

I do the same as MissKimmie with the 2 liter bottles. Cut them in half, and then put 2 1.5" slits opposite each other on the top half. The top then spreads apart a little and fits quite snugly over the bottom section and no tape necessary.

My favorite containers are the large clear salad boxes, which don't require any tape at all, and are the tops are the easiest to take on and off. I just slide the top under the bottom of the container when it's time to remove the tops altogether.

In terms of clear plastic for covering containers, I stay away from plastics such as saran wrap since their elasticity is too much for our rain and snow amounts. Some thin plastics are tough so I may use them.

I recycle a lot of things around the house. Some of the Christmas packaging provided great heavy clear plastics. The inside clear bag in cereal boxes is great. Clear grocery bags are good. Our newpaper comes every morning in a pink see thru bag so I use those too. If I run out of things to recycle, clear plastic garbage bags are used, but that rarely happens since there's so much plastic at home and especially at my workplace.

I also find duct tape to be hard to remove for the most part, but I have noticed that on the containers that sit out there forever, due to my procrastination, the tape comes off much easier. So sometimes, I open the milk jug while leaving the tape on the bottom section, and then let the bottoms sit in a recyle bin for a few weeks in the garage, and then strip the tape off. Not a big deal for me since I often have a backlog of recycling to put out anyway, as I bring home the recyclables from work so they don't get put in the trash.

I do try to use a cloth tape, like a book binding tape, etc., instead though, if I can find it and if I have the extra $$ for it. It holds very well and come off much easier than duct tape. I've also used packing/mailing tape and hockey tape when in a bind.

:)
Dee

I use a clear duct tape from walmart, last year I taped ALL the way around the jugs LOL I WON'T do that again, I had to use a single edge razer blade to gt that off!!! LOL live & learn ") The plastic I used last year & still have some this year is from a chair we had got that was covered with it, if ya go to a furniture store they usually have extra plastic wrap for the asking, & also the plastic that you cover windows with for the winter is good.
jan ")

I also like to use recycled plastic bags, newspaper bags, bags from the grocery produce dept., a great thicker plastic bag clear on one side--the big bag holding multiple tp rolls from Costco--fits over one of my plastic containers, etc.