What to Do About Bottles That Contain BPA

You could always use them to hold paintbrushes for the kids later.... could even cut them down and use for crayon holders.....?? At least then they would have second life.
Let us know what you do with them!

I would not feel right selling them either. Can they be recycled? If not, is there a place that accepts baby stuff for mothers who are less fortunate and don't have any? This is a tough call because of the safety issues. However, I think there are some moms who maybe can't afford bottles or they would buy whatever was affordable even given the bpa deal...... Hope this helps.

I chose to throw out my bottles and sippies. I thought about different applications for them, like planting seedlings, but I thought about the BPA maybe leeching into the plants (I'm trying to start a vegetable garden, so I was afraid of the BPA leeching into the soil and thus into my veggies). I didn't feel right selling them or donating them to a shelter, and since you can't recycle that type of plastic, they are in a landfill. I still feel guilty about it. But, I think it's better than poisoning another baby.

What my doctor told me is that its when the bottle starts to break down that you have to worry about the BPA. So she says to use them now with the baby and toss them when you are done. The bottles I have can be put in the recycling center, so that is what I am going to do with mine. I hope that helps some. Talk to your doctor if you need more info on it! Good Luck!

I'd recycle them or contact the companies to see if they will pay for you to return them for them to recycle properly. In the meantime, I've compiled a list of plastic-alternative glass bottles as well as stainless and aluminum sippy cups. Please feel free to use the links below to see the different brands available and where to purchase them at various stores.

bottles: http://uggamugga.blogspot.com/search/label/bottles

sippy cups: http://uggamugga.blogspot.com/search/label/sippy%20cups

I've also compiled a list of organic bathing products that don't contain hormone-altering chemicals found further down the page here: http://uggamugga.blogspot.com/search/label/bath

I currently have mine packed away, but haven't tossed/recycled them yet on the off chance that these companies may offer some refund/rebate for bottles purchased that are unsafe. I have heard of a Canadian store doing this. If nothing like that happens I will eventually throw them out with the recylcing?!

I have switched to glass bottles and for sippy cups I am using Kleen Kanteen sippy cups. They are stainless steel. Below is a link.

I have to say I am sick over this. I'm just so tired of all these little suprises. I feel like we aren't safe in this country. Women are coming down with breast cancer at alarming rates. They are saying there are chemicals found in cancerous breast lumps - and these same chemicals are in makeup. It just makes you wonder. Nothing is safe. More and more children are becoming autistc. My daughter was born with breast buds that never went away like the doctor's said they would. What caused that - horomones from food that I ate while pregnant? I'm really confused and just want a good quality of life for my family, but I am worried I can't do that because of what I don't know is harming us. I've swithched my deodorant cause I've heard that the aluminum is harmful and can cause breast problems. Heck, are my bed sheets safe. Are there chemicals in there that I need to worry about? They didn't have these issues in 1892 (just threw out a random date). Why did we have to start using all this crazy stuff??????

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Please recycle them if that is possible or find another use for them such as a bath toy, sand toy, pretend bottle to play with dolls, measuring concentrated cleaning products to dilute, as a container to hold a wet wash cloth, crayons, or little things in the diaper bag or car, a travel container for your childrens tooth brushes. Be creative! I would hate to see all these bottles end up in a land fill if they are not recycable. Isn't almost all plastic recycable? Try calling the manufacturer to see if they are recycable and express your green concern on what to do with them if they are not.

Do you know a young girl who might like them for playing with her dolls? Or the bath tub toy idea. Otherwise I agree with others, recycle or toss. Good for you for thinking this through.

I had a bunch of bad Gerber sippy cups and when I emailed them and told them how disappointed I was with the product and the fact that I had a whole garbage can full of them they sent me a label to return them for coupons for new ones.
You could do that.
I wouldn't sell them because no little one should have to use them regardless of what their parents think or maybe aren't aware of.
J.

Elizabeth,

I think you know morally what the right thing to do is. I could never knowingly harm a child. We all have a responsibility to keep our children safe.

Bathtub toys, sandbox toys, little girls feeding their babydolls, I-Spy toy (put small items, marble, toothpick, small car, etc. with sand and put a lid on it) make a great car toy) are all ways to recycle and when you are finished, throw them away.

You will sleep better knowing you did the right thing. Just my humble opinion...

C.

Well if you do not feel "morally" right selling them, get rid of them. I guess I am not sure about your concern about the landfills, since they were mostly likely going to end up there sometime once you purchase them. Perhaps you can find a different use for them. Maybe as starter pots for plants.

I didn't have time to read all the other responses here to this one...has anyone suggested you use glass bottles in the future?

well, i see your point! but i dont know much about this... so...
what kind of bottles are you going to be using ? are the drop in liner types safe and ok? if so, the bottles you have are ok, i have a kid in my day care who uses drop ins and i got some regular bottles and i poked a hole in them with a nail and they work ok for the drop ins. just a suggestion. maybe give them to a school where they can use them to pretend with dollies or something

This isn't so much a solution as it is a delay tactic, but I gave the BPA bottles (for lack of a better term) to my older son to use as measuring toys in the tub.

I'm still trying to figure out what to do with them overall- but at least this way they're out of cupboard and not being used in any way that might harm the baby. Or my older son, for that matter.

Would love to hear about whatever long term solution you find!

M.

No I would not sell those bottles. I had some Avent bottles I was planning to sell until I found out that they were made out of the "bad" plastic. I ended up putting them in the garbage b.c my cities recycling center only takes 1 and 2 plastics for recycling. Yes it is a shame they will end up in a landfill but better there than in someone's house possibly leaking chemicals into a small child. I would feel horribly guilty for that and it sounds like you would too. Funny thing is, my husband would say the same thing yours did, if I would have bothered to ask. What are you going to get for them, $2-3? Its not worth the work, worry or potential harm...yeah there are some people who will choose not to believe the study and may buy them but more likely it will be someone who does not know and will later find out (like I did) that she used a potentially unsafe plastic to feed her small child and trust me, its not fun to find that out after the fact. No, you better chuck them unless you can find a way to reuse them in some way other than food purposes...maybe storing nuts and bolts in the garage, craft supplies, whatever...
K.

If you don't feel right about giving them to your own child then you shouldn't give them to another child. Throw them away.

Would you sell food you knew was laced with heroine? Even if people didn't BELIEVE in heroine? I guess that's my stance... even if someone doesn't believe something can hurt them, doesn't mean it won't. What's worse, the baby's will be subjected to whatever their parents BELIEVE, regardless of whether or not what they believe is true or not. I don't know if there is recycling out there for products that containg BPA... but then, why would you want to turn and old BPA product into a new one? Perhaps just dumping it is the best option... go with your gut on this one. Plastics make it possible, right? But then what do you do with them when they are made and nobody wants them anymore? Go with glass... if you can. :-)

There are bottle depots that you might try to take them to so they can dispose of them properly. I agree with you, it wouldn't be ethical to allow an unknowing mother to possibly harm her baby. It would be great if we could send our bottles back to the manufacturers, and get our money back! What have we unknowingly down to our babes? It's horrible!

I have the same dilemma. I have tons of Avent bottles that I hate to throw out and clog the landfills but unsure what to do with. I am hoping the companies will do a recycle call on them. I wonder if they can be recycled. I will be throwing them out at the end of the summer if nothing comes available by the companies.

I had considered donating them to a adoption agency that brings them to countries that need such items but with what I know I just feel the best thing is to throw them out.

If anyone hears of a recycle program from the bottle companies PLEASE POST>

Throw them....even if you did sell them your not gonna make much

I like the idea of a bathtub toy too

You are right ~ throw them away. Your bottles will not be the most toxic thing in the landfill, believe me. Your husband's way of thinking is what created BP plastics on the market in the first place.

I would dispose of the bottles rather than potentially exposing another child (who is unable to make decisions for him or herself) to a potential danger (regardless of what the parents of that child might think).

You could sell them and just put in your posting that they are bottles that contain BPA. Like another poster said, the BPA does not leech into the liquid in the bottle unless the plastic starts to break down. This occurs from heating to a high temp (boiling) or scratches on the bottles. Either use them creatively like other posters have said (bath toys, toothbrush holder, etc.), sell them (say they're BPA) or try to recycle them. Like you said there are people that don't worry about BPA and would buy your bottles and if they don't buy them from you they'll just go to the store and buy brand new ones.

Well I personally feel if you wouldn't give them to your own children because of something that is wrong, well isn't it just as wrong to turn around and sell them to someone who is either disadvantaged so they buy them, or someone who is cheap and could care less if their child has them.

You wouldn't give it to your child. How could you in good conscience give them to another child.

I would suggest recycling them. If I couldn't find a place to recycle them at. I would pry hold on to them until someone does. This year our city recycling center added two additional plastic numbers to their recycling allowed list. So check yours. Otherwise the landfill is MUCH better in my humble opinion than some child having them.

Elizabeth-

I have read several magazine articles, online articles and news articles to know that BPA is a scary thing.

As a family, we too decided that we did not want to chance our child's
health and purchased the BPA free sippy cups (my son nurses).

If the bottles are recyclable, I suggest you recycle them.

Hope this helps!
A.
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Being an environmentalist, I struggled with this, too. However, I did not feel right selling them to someone else for their baby to use. I chucked them and haven't looked back. I've saved our bigger nalgene bottles with the idea that I may fill them with something inedible sometime, but, I imagine, I'll end up throwing those out after they sit around for awhile.
Good luck!

Hi there! This website may help dispense quite a few myths that are going around right now about BPA. There are many independent researches that have been conducted that you may find interesting. I try not to have a knee-jerk reaction when I hear something reported knowing that our media sources are not credible. Do your own research on this subject! Here is the website: http://www.bisphenol-a.org/

Plenty of people either don't, or can't afford to worry about BPA. So you can put those bottles in the landfill, and they'll be replaced by more BPA bottles still being manufactured (the buyer will have to pay new price for them). Or you can donate them to a shelter or thrift store (where they'll be cheap or free to somebody who needs them and can't afford better.

All plastic that contains BPA can be recycled as plastic type 7. Maybe companies will find a way to remove the harmful BPA from this plastic during the recycling process.