Don't Throw Out That Fast Food Cardboard Drink Holder – Use It In Your Fridge Instead

When folks go out for fast food from the drive-thru, they can come home with a significant amount of material that ends up in the garbage or recycling bin. Think about how that freshly cooked McDonald's burger is accompanied by lots of paper and plastic holding all your food in place. You've also got to have some sodas to wash down those tasty eats, and if you are ordering for a crowd, those drinks may come secured in a cardboard beverage holder destined for the trash. However, don't throw out that convenient drink stabilizer just yet. Instead of seeing that piece of cardboard as more waste to deal with, consider using it to organize some more delicate items in your fridge.

Smaller fruits and veggies sometimes tend to get forgotten in the refrigerator's produce drawers. One way to keep them from rolling under other foods is to store them in that fast food drink container. It can prevent things like petite tomatoes and loose lemons from getting bruised as they bounce around when the drawers are opened. It also allows them to be within eyesight so you don't forget about them, servintg as a reminder that some of those veggies you purchased last week should probably be in an appetizing dinner sometime soon.

That fast food drink holder helping to organize your produce drawer won't last forever. The cardboard it is made from is porous, meaning it will take on moisture from any humidity in your fridge. Eventually, it will lose some of its structural integrity, but if it is doing its job and keeping some of your smaller produce items from being damaged or forgotten about, you can easily replace it the next time you come home with a few handcrafted drinks from Starbucks held together with another cardboard beverage holder.

If the one in your fridge is still of good quality, you can use a new one to organize produce that doesn't need to be refrigerated. Keep some fresh apples and oranges on your kitchen table as a reminder to get your daily dose of fruit. It also comes in handy when you want to leave an avocado out to ripen a bit without it rolling around your countertop or when you need a place to hold small cloves of garlic so they don't get lost. If you don't throw it out as many do right after their drinks are safe at home, a cardboard beverage holder from your favorite fast food restaurant can be used as a cheap way to reduce food waste.