I found this article online and thought it was a great idea and I'd share it here. It's about a man who began storing his emergency food and water supplies in 2-liter bottles. Since the bottles are air tight and will never biodegrade, he figured they were an excellent place to store foods (wheat, beans, sugar, etc) and water for any SHTF scenario.
I was looking around on another sight the other day and found plans for a homemade minnow trap using a 2 liter bottle very easy to make. I can't remember the web sight but when i make one I will post the picture
Do you treat them? or just wash the bottles? I tired this once and the water had something growing in it even though I tried my best to lean the bottle.
Are thought these bottles sensitive to UV or salt? I have seen plenty of soda bottles washed up on shore that just break apart.
I've been using the big 3 liter bottles that you can get pop in from Dollar Tree to try and build up my water storage. They also work better for beans and flour because the openings are 2-3 times as wide as the 2 liters.
I think it's a good idea, the only problem with storing water in them would be rotation - probably only want to store the water for 1 - 2 years and then you'd have a lot of bottles to drain. On the other hand, if something goes wrong (leak or goes bad) it would be contained to one bottle which is great.
I buy 3 liter poland spring bottles of water to rotate into my water preps. When we have emptied a bottle I sanitize it with one part bleach to ten parts water and then let it fully dry. Then on a day with low humidity I just use a funnel and fill it up, put the cap on tight and store in a dry location that does not receive sunlight. I have found that the 3 liter bottles will hold about 6lbs of rice and 5 lbs of beans.
I start using the Acadia brand water bottles but realized that to me it was worth it to spend a little more and buy the poland spring water because they are stackable.
Also, does anyone know about coffee beans? I know this is an aside, but just a quick one. Do they keep for long periods of time in something like this?
Also, does anyone know about coffee beans? I know this is an aside, but just a quick one. Do they keep for long periods of time in something like this?
You can eat the minnows or use them for bait for something larger.
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