things in medicine bottles

Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 02:31:19 -0600 Subject: Re: things in medicine bottles From: useddec at gmail.com To: cctalk at classiccmp.org I've had luck heating them with a hair dryer, then I can burn the label and either use or recycle the bottle. On Mon, Jan 6, 2014 at 12:21 AM, David Griffith <dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu>wrote: > > I'm sure many of you reuse medicine bottles for keeping small things like > fasteners, passive electronic components, etc. I'm sure you also will > throw away lots of bottles rather than peeling off the labels because the > process can be slow and leave messy partially-delaminated paper, and > stickum all over. Here's something I learned recently from my pharmacist: > A prescription label will come off cleanly if you try to take it off within > a couple days after being stuck on the bottle. So when you get your meds > home, take the label off, stick it on your forehead, then put it back on > the bottle. When the bottle is empty, the label will peel off cleanly and > easily. Skin oils do the magic. > > This is also helpful for more secure destruction of the label. > > -- > David Griffith > dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu >