Repurposed CD Spindle: Bagel Transport
April 5, 2007 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Food and Drink, Gear, Photo
Photo: pwka
I hate packing my lunch for work. It’s much easier to just go out and get something, but that really limits your options when it comes to eating something that’s good for you. Well, this repurposed CD spindle may be cool enough of an idea to turn it all around for me.
Just wash your old CD spindle, add bagel sandwich and you’re good to go. Waste not…
From pwka on flickr.
FIRST!!!!!
First of all, that’s sheer genius. Very creative. Second, what possessed the designer of this submission box to make the text the same color as the background?
I’ve been carrying my egg rolls in empty toilet paper rolls for years. There’s nothing like a egg roll that smells like Charmin. Heaven. Please don’t squeeze the egg rolls!
1. I saw this years ago.
2. consuming food off of plastic that has not been ‘vetted’ as ‘for safe consumption from’ probably isn’t the best idea.
3. I have a better idea, ‘a new twist on an old habit,’ does anyone remember their father or father’s workshop in their basement? Instead of screwing jar lids to the ceiling and then using the jars to hold screws/nails/bolts (so they can be stored by screwing the jar into the lid affixed to the ceiling) attach the spindle to the ceiling with 2 screws opposite each other, then use the spindle covers to hold screws/nuts/bolts. Voilá!
Great idea. I take fruit-salad or veggies myself, and always use klip-it containers, so there’s no chance of the lid popping off, which can happen with some containers. They do a round container that’s about bagel size – I may try it.
A good idea – but why does everyone rave about bagels? they must be the most boring food in the world, bar none.
Pure genius.
To Red: And how much fecal material do you suppose that you’ve ingested over the years?
If you have health problems, maybe look no further than the egg rolls…
There used to be a great re-usable container from Nutella, the hazelnut-chocolate spread, whihc was basically a tumbler glass with a lid on it. When the Nutella was all gone you had yourself a good tumbler glass. I think more companies should find ways for there packaging to be re-used in some way, kinda like this post.
LOVE IT!
i would use this definitely! the fact that it used to hold CD’s makes it so much better..awesome!
don’t get me wrong very creative but what was wrong with using gladware or a sandwich bag
Best use for these ever!
Totally ’shopped.
This is a great idea! I have a dew spindles kicking around b/c I wanted to do something with them.. I just didn’t know what – this is fantastic!
“don’t get me wrong very creative but what was wrong with using gladware or a sandwich bag”
Really? Firstly, you can save money by reusing this CD case to hold your bagel sandwich instead of buying Gladware or a sandwich bag. Secondly, you are recycling the CD case as opposed to throwing it away and letting it waste space in a landfill. Lastly, using sandwich bags is utterly wasteful. Every day a new sandwich, every day a sandwich bag in the trash. If you take your lunch every day on a typical American five day work week, you’re using twenty sandwich bags per month. That’s 240 sandwich bags per year. Whereas if you reused a CD case or reused a Gladware or Tupperware, you’d throw away nothing.
This is NOT a smart idea.
Great idea! What size spindle is that? Do you suppose there is a correct spindle/bagel ratio depending on the sandwich toppings?
I would say this is safe to consume from, generally speaking the consumable issue would only be if you heated your sandwich in this container, which I would not recommend!
Maybe the original poster could state the symbol stamped on the container.
Until then, I will assume it is a stupid idea, and NOT safe to consume from, heated or not.
Presently, even the safety of food grade plastic is being questioned.