How to Clean a Peanut Butter Jar for Recycling
Before recycling a peanut butter jar, it’s essential to clean it out thoroughly. This guide will show you how to clean a peanut butter jar for recycling, so you can properly recycle it and reduce your environmental impact. It’s easy to clean a peanut butter jar for recycling. All you need is hot water, dish soap, and a sponge.
First, rinse the jar thoroughly with hot water. Then add detergent to the jar and shake it around to create suds. Finally, use a sponge to scrub away any residue. Rinse the jar again and set it out to dry when you’re done. You can also use a vinegar solution to help remove any residue from the jar. Be sure to recycle your peanut butter jars when you’re finished using them! Read on to know more!
10 Ways on How to Clean a Peanut Butter Jar for Recycling
1. Fill the Jar with Water
Make a hole at the bottom of the peanut butter jar and push it into a post that has been stuck into dirt or sand to help stabilize it. Fill the jar full of water and let it sit for 30-60 minutes. Drain out the dirty water, refill with fresh water and swish around until you feel it is clean enough to place in recycling.
2. Clean it with Jet Dry Dishwashing Liquid
Pour some dishwashing liquid inside the peanut butter jar and fill about halfway full of water; place a lid on top and shake until you feel that the peanut butter jar is clean enough to place in recycling. Pour this out into your sink or a plastic container for disposal. You can also add a little bit of soft scrub and use the dishwashing liquid and soft scrub to clean your peanut butter jar until you feel clean enough to place in recycling.
3. Clean It with Baking Soda
Add baking soda inside the peanut butter jar, fill about halfway full with water, and stir together until the baking soda has dissolved. Let it sit for 15 – 20 minutes and empty the jar, wipe out with a paper towel and rinse well before placing it in recycling.
4. Use Vinegar to Clean
Pour white vinegar into your peanut butter jar, about halfway full, and drop in 2-3 Alka Seltzer tablets (You may want to put the Alka Seltzer in a plastic bag or some other type of container if you don’t trust it; we recommend wrapping it up in a coffee filter and tying the top of the coffee filter in a knot, so it doesn’t leak out).
After adding juice from 1/2 lemon (You can use any citrus fruit if you would like). Let this sit for about 15-20 minutes until the Alka Seltzer is dissolved. Empty, wipe down with a paper towel or washcloth, and rinse well before recycling.
5. Make your Cleaning Solution
Fill your peanut butter jar halfway full with hot water and add a little dishwashing liquid. Place the lid on top and shake until you feel that your peanut butter jar is clean enough to place in recycling.
6. Use Sand & Salt
Pour some salt into the peanut butter jar, about halfway full, and add a handful of sand (you can get this from any beach or place where there is dirt). Add water until it reaches about 1-2 inches from the top of your peanut butter jar. Put a lid on and shake until you feel that your peanut butter jar is clean enough to place in recycling.
7. Clean with a Laundry Detergent Pods
Pour enough Clorox2 Original scent laundry detergent pods into the peanut butter jar to fill it about halfway full. Fill with water until you can feel that your peanut butter jar is clean enough to place in recycling. Let this sit for 15 – 20 minutes and empty out, wipe out with a paper towel and rinse well before placing in recycling.
8. Dishwasher Cleaning
Use the peanut butter jar to help clean your dishwasher. Fill it with white vinegar and drop in 2-3 Alka Seltzer tablets (You may want to put the Alka Seltzer in a plastic bag or some other kind of container if you do not trust it, we recommend placing it into a coffee filter and tying the top of the coffee filter closed so that they do not dissolve while sitting in your peanut butter jar overnight). Put the lid on and shake until you feel that it is clean enough to place in recycling.
9. Clean with Citrus Fruits
You can clean your peanut butter jar using any citrus fruit. Juice the citrus fruit and pour into the peanut butter jar, about halfway full and add a little dishwashing liquid (about 1/2 tsp). Fill with water until you feel clean enough to place in recycling. Let this sit for 15 – 20 minutes and empty, wipe out with a paper towel or washcloth, and rinse well before placing in recycling.
10. Clean It with Sugar & Baking Soda
Mix 2 cups of sugar with 1/2 cup baking soda until you feel clean enough to place in recycling. Let this sit for up to an hour and when you come back, empty the jar (making sure not to get any of the sugary mixture left behind), wipe out with a paper towel or washcloth, and rinse well before placing it in the recycling.
Some Tips and Suggestions
1. You can use a spoon to scrape out the remaining peanut butter from the jar.
2. Wash your hands with soap and warm water before touching the screw top on a new bottle of glue to prevent gluing your fingers together when you turn it!
3. Your mom’s cooking is awesome, but don’t lick the spoon until you’ve washed it!
4. Make sure the top is screwed on tightly, or you’ll spill your juice all over yourself when you throw it into your bookbag!
5. Use a sponge that’s too small rather than one that’s too big, so that not as much soap bubbles onto your clothes!
6. Be careful not to cut your finger when opening the envelope.
7. When you get frustrated during a test, get up and take a break rather than chewing your pencil lead or eraser bits!
8. Using a cup instead of your hands is the best way to ensure you don’t spill juice on yourself!
Conclusion
Here is a quick rundown on how to clean a peanut butter jar for recycling. First, remove the lid and label from your container. Next, pour out any remaining food or liquid that may be inside of it. It’s important not to leave anything in the jars as they will contaminate other containers when you recycle them with this one!
Once your jar is empty, rinse it thoroughly under warm water until all residue from whatever was stored in there is gone. If necessary, use soap if the dirtiest spots are hard to get off but make sure you wash well afterward, so no soap residues remain either! Finally, dry completely before putting back on the lid, and labeling again. Don’t forget these steps! You’re now ready to put your peanut butter jar in the recycling bin.
