Old plastic plant pots can be surprisingly useful around the house. Here are 10 easy ways to repurpose them instead of throwing them away:
- 🧹 Storage for cleaning supplies
Use a sturdy pot to hold brushes, sponges, dusters, and cleaning cloths. - 🧤 Gardening-tool holder
Keep hand trowels, gloves, pruners, and other small gardening tools together. - 🧺 Laundry-room organizer
Use smaller pots for clothespins, detergent scoops, or miscellaneous laundry supplies. - 🌱 Seed-starting containers
Clean pots with drainage holes make excellent containers for seedlings. Wash and disinfect used pots first to reduce the risk of spreading plant diseases. - 🖌️ DIY paint container
A clean plastic pot can hold paint while you’re doing small household or craft projects. - 🧦 Closet organizers
Small pots can hold rolled socks, scarves, belts, or other small accessories. - 🚗 Car organizer
A stable pot can hold cleaning cloths, brushes, or small car-care items in the trunk. - 🧵 Craft-supply holder
Use several pots to sort yarn, ribbons, paintbrushes, beads, or other craft materials. - 🗑️ Mini wastebasket
A larger clean pot can serve as a temporary wastebasket for an office, workshop, or craft area. - 💧 Drip-catching tray
Place a smaller pot beneath a leaky outdoor faucet connection or under a plant container to catch small amounts of water—provided the pot is positioned safely and emptied regularly.
♻️ Before reusing them
Wash away soil and residue, check for cracks or sharp edges, and don’t use old plant pots for food storage unless they’re specifically made and labeled for food contact. If a plastic pot has become brittle from years of sunlight, recycling it may be safer than repurposing it.
