Six ways to reuse laundry detergent dosing balls
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Over on our Facebook page, Nicola asked “Does anyone have any ideas how I can reuse laundry detergent washing balls?”
As you’ll see from the photo above, she’s got quite a collection of dosing balls now and rather than seeing them end up in landfill, she asked our community of zero heroes what to do with them.
So without further ado, here are the suggestions:
six ways to reuse laundry detergent dosing balls!
Drawer organisers
Emma suggested “You could use them to organise your stationary in your draw – things like drawing pins, paper clips, blue tack etc..”
Fun for Barbie
The Laugh-out-loud suggestion came from ‘LondonWorms’ – she said “Dumbells for Barbie and Ken???? No, it’s fine. I can see the door. I’m leaving now :-)”
@myzerowaste Dumbells for Barbie and Ken???? No, it’s fine. I can see the door. I’m leaving now 🙂
— London Worms (@Londonworms) April 2, 2014
Lanterns
Karen suggested “Reuse those little battery powered fake tea lights from Halloween and make mini lanterns. You could hang them up with string!”
Play pots
Sadie said “My three year old would love to just play with them. She likes to count stones or pennies out into pots.”
Seedlings
Ray said “Put a little hole in the bottom then they’d make good seed pots.” Sadie added “These would be idea to grow mustard and cress in.”
Snack holders
Emma said “If the opening is wide enough you could fill them with sweets or grapes and give to your children when travelling in the car.”
Over to you; how would you reuse these small plastic containers?
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I no longer buy laundry liquid with dosing balls. I take my bottle back to the shop to be refilled. It is cheaper that way as I am not paying for the bottle. I also have a loyalty card giving me more discount.
Aren’t they fancy! I acquired 3 clear dosing balls nearly 10 years ago and I’m still using them. My laundry liquid doesn’t come with this sort of thing, so I don’t have to worry about reusing them.
I’m wondering if they would make good paint pots for children’s paints.
though we do not have these dosing balls locally in rural American Midwest, i can see how they are versatile toys for young or not so young..paint pots, karin, yes..party favor holders for tiny gifts, like painted acorns or buttons..fun food holders for cheese cubes, carrots or celery, holiday lanterns along pathways. as karen indicated with battery powered candles (of course)
Hello there is it possible if i could use furniture packaging from a new bed for weed blocking….???
Would it work…???
Hi Shanaz, what sort of packaging is it? I guess it depends on what you want to use the soil for in the long term. If you’re going to take the weed suppressant back up and use the ground to grow veg then you’ll need to check what sort of material the packaging is and whether or not it’s been chemically treated. If you’re planning on leaving the weed suppressant in situ then you can be less fussy…
They could potentially make good caster cups to stop furniture from slipping.
You could be onto something there, Patrick – thanks for the idea!
I’m looking for some dosing balls please if anyone has any spares?
My minuture schuazer plays with the persil dosing balls for ages
What a lovely idea, Tracy – my favourite one yet 🙂