I’m on a medication that gets delivered to me in a dramatically over packaged way every two weeks. Part of this packaging is a styrofoam cooler about 27x22x25cm and two unlabeled cold packs.
I currently have 7 of these and expect to be getting them for the rest of my life. Aside from just tossing them, do any of you lot have suggestions for what i can do with all these coolers?
Make some styrofoam swamp coolers. My AC is not catching up this summer and I have a few of these due to some eyedrops I’ve been getting shipped to me. I’m seriously considering building one until I get my AC serviced when it gets cooler.
I’d love that if it weren’t so humid here that they’re functionally useless. Though I am thinking about using them to insulate my attic to reduce heat transfer.
Personally I really don’t think swamp coolers are worth it. If you wanna evaporate water to cool off, do it right on your skin using a damp towel instead of making the air all swampy for a slightly cool breeze. Towel+regular fan is much more effective imo
You can use them as incubators for little plants in the spring to keep them warm at night if you’re in a cold place. Or if you want a fun project build a cloud chamber and watch particles move.
Original comment deleted… I just realized how small the containers are. Original suggestion would not have made sense.
Soundproof your sex dungeon?
That is a ridiculous suggestion. Clearly OP has already soundproofed their sex dungeon and wants to know how to use them next.
We’ve soundproofed one sex dungeon, yes, but what about second sex dungeon?
Well you can never have too many sex dungeons
Make a cool boat
Put meals in them and give them to the unhoused?
Homemade flammable gel.
Start harvesting organs.
At today’s interest rates and inflation, this is the only viable solution.
~How much can I get for selling a kidney on the black market?~
Home igloo?
You could keep them to pack your own food into encase of a power outage. I assume this nest together so they wouldn’t take up much room.
Likely not something you will do but I found this interesting: There is an electronics business in the UK who bought a machine to break up styrofoam into small bit. They also have a steady supply of the stuff. They paid for the machine by selling the styrofoam as blown-in insulation.
A quick check at amazon shows these costing about $14 each, no doubt much less in bulk but still expensive. Perhaps inquire with the shipper if they would accept them for reuse if cleaned. If the shipper is friendly they might consider setting up a program to collect these from your city and return them for reuse. The shipper could save considerably on costs and you might have found a new business.
Yes or just flog them on Ebay/marketplace etc
I would do Craigslist/marketplace. Find someone who resells them or uses them for some product and have them pick up every 3 months or whatever schedule for a set price. Way less hassle than finding a new buyer everytime.
frustrating. I was also getting a steady supply of ice packs. One time one of the ice packs said it could be used as plant fertilizer and I was happy to do so but never saw another one like that.
I take my trash to a transfer station. The amount of single-use stuff we throw away is frightening.
I never came up with an answer. I asked my neighbors on an app and they had similar issues with chilled medical delivery.
Donate to food banks or post them up for sale on Craigslist for $5 each. They’re kind of expensive these days and fishermen/campers frequently want them.
I dunno about that. I have a pile of coolers behind the shed, all shapes and sizes, that I’ve picked off the road for free.
I mean yeah, normal coolers arent that hard to find. But, When you’re fishing or bird hunting though it’s often easier to throw a catch in a disposable cooler that doesn’t need to be fully washed and sanitized and won’t permanently end up smelling like whatever you got three weeks ago, because plastic is semi-permeable.
Oh! I get it now. I don’t hunt or fish. My coolers are for beer and water, easy to wash out, dry in the sun.
You’re right. If the contents are nasty, just use disposable styrofoam, chunk it in a pickle jar of unleaded, use the napalm to light camp fires. 👍🏻
organ harvesting
Make a raft
