Whether it's chicken pad thai from Green Peppercorn or leftover charcoal chicken from EJs, I often wash and reuse plastic takeaway containers for later. I'll throw out the container if it's oily or broken.
They're especially handy when after a party and you want people to take home leftover cake or nem nuong.
Sounds tightass but I like to think that reusing/recycling is better than going to landfill.
I've got my spring onions still going from over a year ago (but they're in the garden) :)
What sort of herbs have you tried this with?
Those little plastic tooth flossers.
Paper towels. I have long hair and towel drying still leaves my hair quite wet and still dripping. So I use paper towels to dry the ends of my hair, it soaks it up really well. Since my hair is clean…I just let the paper towels dry for the next day and reuse it the same way. I usually have about 3-4 paper towels in rotation and only chuck it once it starts tearing.
I shit you not, if you have long hair, paper towels does wonders.
Spring onions and some herbs. Sometimes when you buy some veggies from the supermarket, they leave the roots on. Just pop that shit in a bowl of water and change water weekly. Haven't bought spring onions in months.
It works for things like lettuce, celery etc but takes a lot longer.