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Seems like a shame to throw away and must have a use.
You know all those little bits and bobs you have laying around, like screws you might use one day, a pen that probably has half a page of barely visible words and those paperclips with the ripped box? Them, you out all of them in there, it will be frustrating to get what you need out, but it will be worth it.
You could use it to make kombucha
I use them for grease after cooking. Or for drinking glasses when I can't be bothered to run the dishwasher.
This is how I store my collection of randomly sized screws, nuts, and bolts.
Depending on where you live, this may be the start of your plastic-free/no-waste journey. (You'd obviously need a place where you can shop plastic-free somewhere near you )
One possibility is that, any of these jars that were vacuum sealed in the first place, they can easily be re-vacuum sealed with a cheap vacuum chamber/hand pump combo. it's not an appropriate preservation method for all the kinds of things that originally came in the jars, but will keep dry goods from oxidizing/etc.
The Internet has ruined me. I will not elaborate further.
If spaghetti fit, you could use it for that.
Around here, there's also these shops that sell all kinds of goods without packaging, so where you bring your own containers and they fill it up with oatmeal or nuts or noodles or sugar etc.. Would be a useful container for that.
I make body scrubs in these.
Used coffee grounds, coconut oil, and some alcohol to keep it from molding
Why, uh. Why was that your first thought.
Life, uh, finds a way.
There are two wheel known uses for a jar on the internet. You don't want any of them.
I use old mason jars to store my whole bean coffee in the freezer until Iβm ready to grind and use it.
A coffee aficionado can probably chime in on why this is bad, but uts the best use Iβve found for the jars.
Freezing is okay and helps for storage of big bags, but freezing and taking them out and putting them back in every day isn't good because of the condensation.
But even then, it's probably fine.
I donβt do that. I only thaw and grind enough for about a monthβs consumption at a time. I got ~6 pounds of coffee for Christmas and only have a cup a day usually.
I was just providing my process because it seems, unintentionally, well designed to avoid condensation.
Nice!
AFAIK the best thing you can do to improve your coffee-freezing process is to prevent moisture from getting into the beans when you thaw. If you let it, moisture from the air will condense on the cold beans. So keep the beans in a closed, airtight container until they come to room temperature. (Airtight because water vapor is air.) So yeah, jars are good for this. Or sealed freezer bags should work too.
Good to know! Thanks! I vacuum seal what I canβt get in jars and let it all thaw freezer > fridge > ground.
Container for smaller objects.
My mom has a collection of old jars. I'm not sure even she knows what to do with them, but she's pretty crafty. Or if you're not super crafty yourself, maybe you know someone who is and would appreciate the jar? Idk.
Alternatively, you could recycle it. In my city there are a couple places people can take their recyclables (plastic, paper, glass, even yard waste) for free.
I use wide mouthed mason jars for Kratky hydroponics. This design (not my design) makes them into nice, decorative pots.
Collect loose change maybe
Might be a bit narrow, but if you wanted to make some pickle spears it should work.
I like to do a fridge pickle (always gets eaten within a few weeks, so spoilage isn't a huge concern). Something like this pickled jalapeΓ±o recipe works with most veggies, and you can use some whole black peppercorn and mustard seeds (or a pickling spice mix) to give it that pickle flavor.