What do you all do with your used blades? Any recommendations for something other than just tossing them in the trash? I have an 18 month old son who has a bad habit of trying to get things out of the trash can and I would hate for him to grab a de blade!!
Don't throw them In the trash can! Make or buy a container. Use a can, slice a whole in the top or buy one from many different vendors.
Some blades come in a plastic dispenser with a slot on the back for used blades. But as RaZorBurn said, don't just toss 'em in the trash. An empty tin can or Altoids tins work just fine.
That's even a better deal. My first container was an empty peanut butter jar. Clean and cut a slit in top, tape the lid.
Can't beat FREE! Your "first container was" would indicate you're on to more containers. How long have you been at this that you would have already filled a peanut butter jar?!?!!
I took a fairly large old medicine bottle with the child proof top and used a dremmel and a disc cutter and cut a slit in the center of the cap. Now I just drop one or two blades a week in there and when it is full I transfer them to a metal coffee container for disposal.
Larger empty medicine or vitamin bottles work well too and may even come with a "child & senior citizen proof" lid. Looks like FacialCarnage beat me to it mostly.
I don't have any blades to dispose of, yet. However, I'm going to use an empty Tylenol bottle. I'm not going to bother cutting a slot in the top, as there are no minors around, and the bottle has a safety lid.
Here ya go: http://theshaveden.com/forums/threads/blade-disposal.28311/ http://theshaveden.com/forums/threads/disposing-of-used-double-edged-safety-razor-blades.34851/ http://theshaveden.com/forums/threads/greetings-from-southern-california.32509/ http://theshaveden.com/forums/threads/safety-razor-blade-disposal.8435/ http://theshaveden.com/forums/threads/blade-disposal-doo-dad.26877/ http://theshaveden.com/forums/threads/blade-disposal.3870/ http://theshaveden.com/forums/threads/used-blades.23182/
Tom, just wanted to say thanks. This isn't the first time you've sorted through the thousands of threads to make up a list that would help someone with a question.
This is what I did. I got an old hard bandaid box with flip lid. Then I cut a slit in the lid and glued a blade on the slit. Used razors fit right through the middle of the blade and fall right in. Then I made this image on the computer and glued it on and wrapped it with clear packing tape. Theres a lot of cool ideas that people came up with on here.
Being a part time sideshow geek, I swallow my used blades as part of my act. I put them in an Altoid Smalls tin. One of these is true, I'll leave you all to decide what you'd like.
