Kitchen

[Desert Lily]

I just spent over 20 minutes running hot water in 2 ice cream cartons to melt the ice cream down to liquid to pour down the drain and then toss the rinsed cartons. Glad they're done. I bought the ice cream in August, ate little, and wanted to throw the rest out. It seemed like such a waste of water, and then I had to sanitize the sink again.

I thought about putting the cartons with the ice cream in plastic bags and just throwing them out. But then I worried that when the recycle truck lifts the trash can to empty it, that melted ice cream could run out into the can and make a mess.

Isn't there a better way next time to get rid of leftover ice cream so I can toss the carton without worrying that it will leak & drip in the trash can?

(Besides eating it all LOL)

[Kachina624]

Microwave it a few minutes to melt it, then down the drain.

[Sweet Kitties]

Maybe you could put the containers in the sink overnight. Then pour the liquid ice cream down the sink. I'd follow up with an enzyme drain cleaner afterwards to make sure there wasn't any fat build-up in your drains.

[RedTop]

I use a knife to cut the box away from the frozen block of ice cream, toss the paper, let the ice cream melt in the sink overnight, OR wait until trash day, throw the ice cream into a plastic grocery bag and throw into the last garbage bag going to the curb.  

[FranandZoe]

I try to conserve water (all utilities) so I would have just let the carton sit in the sink 'til the ice cream melted.  

Or similar to Red Top's suggestion just put the whole thing in a plastic garbage bag then in the garbage bag that goes in the trash can or bag.

[Desertdi]

Let the ice cream get soft enough to FLUSH down the toilet...

[spumoni99]

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@Sweet Kitties wrote:

Maybe you could put the containers in the sink overnight. Then pour the liquid ice cream down the sink. I'd follow up with an enzyme drain cleaner afterwards to make sure there wasn't any fat build-up in your drains.

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This is what I do I let it melt overnight in the sink.  I dont have much leftover ice cream with two 11 year old granddaughters over all the time though!

[Desert Lily]

Thanks to everyone for the great suggestions.  : )

[KatieB]

Sit the cartons in the sink and allow ice cream to soften enough so that you can put contents down the drain.

[tiny 2]

I never have leftover ice cream ...never