On 7/30/2025 5:27 PM, Jill McQuown wrote:

On 7/30/2025 5:08 PM, [email protected] wrote:

Jill McQuown <[email protected]> posted:

On 7/30/2025 12:16 PM, Michael Trew wrote:

I just buy the glass peppercorn grinder at Aldi.  It only cost a few
bucks, and lasts a year or two.

What do you do when the grinder is empty, throw it away and buy another
one?  If so, that seems rather wasteful.

I'm thinking those McCormick(?) grinders that available at the
grocery store are also throw away bottles.  I'm not sure if
they're refillable or not.

If they aren't refillable, they should be!  I'm not sure if it was
McCormick brand or not, but at one point I was seeing combo salt shakers
with pepper grinders.  IIRC you ground the peppercorns in the bottom
half by turning the salt shaker portion on the top.  Something like
that.  I didn't investigate closely.  If they aren't refillable I can't imagine buying them.

No, they don't appear to be re-fillable. I don't like waste, but I
don't think throwing away one glass jar every 2 years is terribly
wasteful, and they are only about $2 each.

How often do you toss out a glass jar with a lid that had sauce in it?
I save a few of them, but more than that becomes clutter instead of useful.

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On 8/2/2025 11:17 AM, Michael Trew wrote:

How often do you toss out a glass jar with a lid that had sauce in it? I
save a few of them, but more than that becomes clutter instead of useful.

Never. Glass is easily recycled and the glass companies love mixing it
in with the new batches.

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On 7/30/2025 5:56 PM, Dave Smith wrote:

On 2025-07-30 5:33 p.m., Cindy Hamilton wrote:

On 2025-07-30, ItJoanNotJoAnn  webtv.net
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I'm thinking those McCormick(?) grinders that available at the
grocery store are also throw away bottles.  I'm not sure if
they're refillable or not.

If you're clever and have some tools, you can take off the top
and refill it.

Having just looked up the price of those things I would say that if you
were clever you could buy a real pepper mill and a life time supply for
the same price as a disposable that olds only a couple Tblsp of pepper
corns.

I don't buy McCormick anything. I buy this grinder from ALDI once every
2 years or so. It looks like it's up to $2.55 now, I think that's still
rather reasonably priced.

https://www.aldi.us/product/stonemill-adjustable-peppercorn-grinder-1-76-oz-0000000000001210

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On 2025-08-02, Michael Trew <[email protected]> wrote:

On 7/30/2025 5:27 PM, Jill McQuown wrote:

On 7/30/2025 5:08 PM, [email protected] wrote:

Jill McQuown <[email protected]> posted:

On 7/30/2025 12:16 PM, Michael Trew wrote:

I just buy the glass peppercorn grinder at Aldi.  It only cost a few >>>>> bucks, and lasts a year or two.

What do you do when the grinder is empty, throw it away and buy another >>>> one?  If so, that seems rather wasteful.

I'm thinking those McCormick(?) grinders that available at the
grocery store are also throw away bottles.  I'm not sure if
they're refillable or not.

If they aren't refillable, they should be!  I'm not sure if it was
McCormick brand or not, but at one point I was seeing combo salt shakers
with pepper grinders.  IIRC you ground the peppercorns in the bottom
half by turning the salt shaker portion on the top.  Something like
that.  I didn't investigate closely.  If they aren't refillable I can't
imagine buying them.

No, they don't appear to be re-fillable. I don't like waste, but I
don't think throwing away one glass jar every 2 years is terribly
wasteful, and they are only about $2 each.

One of those bitty little jars every two years? We've got three
pepper mills. One of those big brass Atlas coffee mills, a smaller
brass mill, and this one:

https://www.amazon.com/Kuhn-Rikon-Vase-Grinder-Black/dp/B00IDY8SEA

It holds 1 cup of peppercorns; I fill it every few months. It's
the one I use to pepper my food at the table.

I'm not sure how often the other two get filled; my husband mostly
takes care of them.

How often do you toss out a glass jar with a lid that had sauce in it?

I don't buy sauce. I recycle caper jars and the like. Single-stream
curbside recycling is a thing of beauty.

If I run across a jar whose lid fits canning jars, I save the lid for
sure. They fit tightly and the seal doesn't decompose in contact
with oil the way standard canning jar lids do.

--
Cindy Hamilton

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On 8/2/2025 4:17 PM, Michael Trew wrote:

How often do you toss out a glass jar with a lid that had sauce in it? I
save a few of them, but more than that becomes clutter instead of useful.

I save a particular size of jam jar, to use for herbs, spices, baking
powder, etc.

Everything else is recycled - jars and bottles, metal cans, plastics, cardboard, paper.

Does your area not have a recycling system?

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In article <688e2bd7$7$1643673
$[email protected]>, [email protected]
says...

On 7/30/2025 5:27 PM, Jill McQuown wrote:

On 7/30/2025 5:08 PM, [email protected] wrote:

Jill McQuown <[email protected]> posted:

On 7/30/2025 12:16 PM, Michael Trew wrote:

I just buy the glass peppercorn grinder at Aldi.� It only cost a few >>>> bucks, and lasts a year or two.

What do you do when the grinder is empty, throw it away and buy another >>> one?� If so, that seems rather wasteful.

I'm thinking those McCormick(?) grinders that available at the
grocery store are also throw away bottles.� I'm not sure if
they're refillable or not.

If they aren't refillable, they should be!� I'm not sure if it was McCormick brand or not, but at one point I was seeing combo salt shakers with pepper grinders.� IIRC you ground the peppercorns in the bottom
half by turning the salt shaker portion on the top.� Something like
that.� I didn't investigate closely.� If they aren't refillable I can't imagine buying them.

No, they don't appear to be re-fillable. I don't like waste, but I
don't think throwing away one glass jar every 2 years is terribly
wasteful, and they are only about $2 each.

How often do you toss out a glass jar with a lid that

had sauce in it?

Never.We recycle all glass here.

I re-use some jars for home made jam/pickle /dried herbs,
etc. Any I don't need are advertised on freecycle and
always snapped up by other jam makers. (One of the
"regulars" is a lady who makes jam/pickles etc as a
charity fundraiser; she always gives me a full jar in
return). Left over jars and some bottles go to recycling.

I save wine bottles with a screw cap for the local autumn
apple-juicing frenzy at my voluntary job. It's available
to anyone who brings home grown and windfall apples to
juice; they come from miles around.

I fill as many bottles of juice as we need ourselves and
give any left over bottles to people who didn't bring
enough.

J and I run the machines; the first turns whole apples
into pulp, the second presses the pulp to extract the
juice for bottling. Some people pasteurise it to last
longer, some make wine or cider. We share our haul with
family and friends to drink fresh and raw, lasts about a
week in the fridge.

The final left-over product is the damp and compacted
post-juicing pulp, eagerly carried off by people who keep
chickens or pigs. I take it for composting.

Janet UK

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