Storing Small Parts and Hardware - Plastic Jars or Parts Bins

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For simple organizing of small non perishable things I use 4-litre windshield washer fluid bottles with the side cut off. They are free at the service stations, especially in bad weather times, are moderately durable plastic, and have a ready made handle.

I put my spare trailer lighting rig in one. I have jumper cables in another. Sometimes I put cargo straps and the like in one.

A fairly new arrival on the scrounge market are diesel exhaust fluid (DEF) bottles. They have a cardboard box around, and are about 3 times the capacity of washer fluid bottles. The compound is water soluable and I suppose very mildly irritating. I rinsed some out and chucked in lead bullet casting supplies. They have a top handle and seem to be durable enough for a decade or so.