Ice Cream Container

Reduce

You can reduce the need for ice cream containers by making your own ice cream.

Helpful website

• Healthy Food Guide (has recipes for frozen deserts and home-made ice cream)

Reuse

There are a number of alternative uses for ice cream containers:

• Ice cream containers are an excellent storage device - crayons, pens, buttons, water bowl for pets, lunch box, nuts and bolts
• The lid can be used to make ornaments, coasters, decorations
• Tap together several lids (white side out) and make into your own personal whiteboard
• A kitchen caddy for your food scraps.  At the end of the day (or when full) empty the container into your larger compost bin

Recycle

Plastic ice cream containers can be recycled.

How do I recycle it?

• rinse the container to remove any remaining product
• place it in the correct bin at the recycle centre

Where do I recycle it?

• Recycle drop off centre - in the bin labelled plastic