How do you guys dispose of your used DE's?

I just bought this thing called a "blade safe"

99 cents each and I bought 10

I got crazy cats and I don't want them getting a hold of a used DE

 

Those work fine, from what I understand. I make one from a used soup can:

1. punch a couple holes in the bottom to drain the soup,
2. rinse the can out,
3. cut about a 1 inch a slot along the top using a can opener (pretend you're partly opening the top).

Bingo. When you've filled it (a couple years, at least), tap the holes shut with a hammer and dispose of as your community permits.

(My credit goes to Leisureguy, though I don't know whether the idea is orginal to him.)

 

My wife is big on store bought water, I swiped one of the water bottles and took the lable off and now I put my used blades into that. Although once I can manage to make the switch to straight razor shaving I will no longer have the need for such a thing.

 

Like you, I purchased the 99¢ blade safe, or blade bank as it's also known. I thought about the soup can idea but then I thought that 99¢ blade banks are cheaper than most cans of soup, they will take a reasonable time to fill (though they are smaller than the soup can), they look better than a soup can, they take up less space than a soup can in my medicine chest in the bathroom (I'm not sure a soup can would fit.), and they are safer because they already come completely sealed. I think you made a wise choice.

 

I just put mine in the backside of the blade dispenser.

 

Slide them into snicker bars or apples and put outside YMCA.


Really.....back of blade dispenser or just throw in trash. no kids to dig through garbage. I honestly dont want a can or bottle of nasty blades hanging around either. Some people go WAY overboard on this issue. I remember a thread across the street with 10 pages of comments and heated debates?

 

I have a small tupperware container which is gathering a nice collection of DE's and SE's.
I've kept the wrappers with them, which will probably end up complicating the disposal process when I get around to emptying it.

 

I too just use the back of the blade dispensor...

 

there ain't no back of the blade dispenser in a 250 count cardboard box of Personna's

 

I use a small condensed milk can I picked up at WallyWorld. I peeled the label off, used a church key to punch a hole in the bottom to drain and rinse. Then laid the can on the side, and using my thumb as a guide to keep the blade snug against the bottom of the lid, cut a slot in the side just under the top of the can. I figure it should last for at least a couple of years. Investment $0.39.

 

I used the can method as well. However, I also gave it a coat of rustoleum. It will be sitting in the bathroom for years. I don't want it rusting on a shelf.

 

I use the slot at the back of the Medicine cabinet that says " Used Blades"

 

Blade Bank - cheap and small footprint

 

I'm also one of the lucky ones to have a blade slot in my Medicine Cabinet. Old houses are great!

 

Once I can transfer to my straight razor there will be no more blades to store, in my opinion one of the great things about a straight.

 

dang, beat me to it!!!
I was gonna say I shove them into apples around the end of October....but I only do that with Merkur blades, you know, so no one gets cuts and everyone enjoys the gag! :happy097

I mainly use the dispenser that many of my blades come in, but I also have an old altoids tin ready to go, and if the time comes to need it, I'll make one with a small can as already been mentioned

yeah, I remember that thread....

 

Empty soup can with slot in the top. I cut the slot, poured out the soup into a pan, cooked it and ate the soup. Filled the empty can with water and some dish detergent, shook it, rinsed it, and let it sit a day or so to dry.

I now sits on the counter top near my bathroom sink awaiting my used blades. When it gets full I just recycle it with my other steel items.

 

I went to the local dollar store and got a ceramic piggy bank. Yup, a cute little piggie just sitting on the counter. And it's blue so it looks semi tough being there. Don't have little kids at home any more so not worried about them taking it down to play with.

 

One advantage of the blade bank is that it is steel and when full, can be recycled with the blades.

 

I eat them.