How To Clean Peanut Butter Jar For Recycling

Nearly people just toss their whole peanut butter jar in the recycling after they're done with it.The jar isn't clean and the lid is still on.

This is non the correct way to recycle peanut butter jars, and I'm guilty of it myself in the past.

If you lot practise this,your peanut butter jar can contaminate other recycling.At best, the recycling center needs to spend more time and coin cleaning what comes in –not the biggest deal.

But at worst, in many places,contaminated recycling heads direct to the landfill.

And aye, other people may contaminate a shared recycling bin, but you lot need to set your habits start.

The Right Mode to Recycle a Peanut Butter Jar

Keeping the label on is fine, just you demand to exercise 2 things to make it hands recyclable:

Take off the lid and recycle it separately (most peanut butter jar lids can be recycled).
Rinse out the jar well to removeaboutof the leftover peanut butter

You don't need to remove 100% of the peanut butter (then don't spend besides much fourth dimension scrubbing away), but the more the better.

Containers should be clean, but don't accept to be spotless. – wm.com

Here's the best style I've found to clean my jars.

Pace 1: Scrape Out As Much Every bit You Can

You've probably already done this, but if you lot haven't, at present'southward the time.

typical empty peanut butter jar

Why waste good peanut butter anyways?

Step 2: Add in A Drop of Soap and Fill It About ane/four With H2o

Warm water is best here.

Add in ane (or a few) drops of dish soap, so fill the container somewhere between a quarter and a half of the way up.

peanut butter jar with soap water

Step 3: Shake Vigorously for xv Seconds With the Lid On

You want to give it an initial milkshake now then that the soap a chance to go far contact with peanut butter on the side or lid.

Step 4: Soak For 10 Minutes, Shake Again and Rinse

I find that you lot need to soak for at to the lowest degree v minutes for this to work well. I normally leave information technology for 10 minutes or longer.

That should loosen up the peanut butter quite a bit, and so when y'all shake again (15-30 seconds), it really comes off.

You can see that virtually of the peanut butter on my original flick was on the lesser, but after shaking information technology, it's basically all gone.

peanut butter jar after soaking

Finally, rinse it out a few times (don't want to leave soap in it either), and then throw the lid and the jar into the recycling bin separately.

Here'due south mine, gear up to go:

clean peanut butter jar

One final noteif there'south still peanut butter left:A quick once-over with a dish rag or sponge will remove most of information technology.If the peanut butter is stuck near the top or on the lid itself, yous could soak the jar again upside down.

Your friendly neighborhood vegan from Toronto. Chemic engineer turned semi-professional soccer player and freelance nutrition writer. I've been vegan for years and try to make life easier for others by sharing what I've learned.