How do you get odors out of plastic ware?

Question

I have some 2 quart jugs that I take to work for my drinks. They look like this (2 quart on the far right), I bought them from the Dollar General Store: 

http://www.arrowplastic.com/store/catalog.asp?item=39

I like to switch back and forth between crystal light and iced tea. Unfortunately this last round of crystal light, the smell got stuck in there and now when I use them for tea, I can smell/taste it through the tea. I would like to start fresh with a nice clean and unscented bottle every day. 

I have washed them in the dw several times, also by hand in hot dish-soapy water, and I have soaked them for hours in very strong solutions of bleach, vinegar, and baking soda (one chemical at a time!) The fruity smell remains. They aren't stained. I seem to remember someone making a stain booster for this kind of thing, or a special formula of dishwashing liquid. But now that I need it, typical! I can't find any such thing.

Thanks for any help!

Tigger · Accepted Answer

I'd try the baking soda again and let it set like the other person says...

Jo Ann · Answer

I guess you could try salt and let them sit overnight.  Sure hope it works.  I doubt that you will find anything that will help because the plastic is of that kind that absorbs flavor and smell.  Just go back to the Dollar General and buy one or two for tea.  Label them for what they will be used for.  That will solve the problem I hope.  Jo Ann  If it were me, I would carry my drinks in a glass container instead of plastic.  I store left overs in the refrigerator in pint or quart jars and I freeze other food items including milk in glass jars.  I only fill them 3/4 full.  If more people would do this we would become less oil dependant on fuel for our use.  Many things we use everyday is made from oil such as the plastic that you are drinking from.  Remember the glass milk bottles we use to buy or have delivered to our doors well and babies used glass bottles to drink milk.  That was when you didn't see infants and small children die with cancer.  Now, we give them passifiers filled with gel made of rubber and then sippy cups made of plastic.  It's gets you thinkinbg, doesn't it?  I do think you would like the glass and just keep them in the dishwater and they are ready for you.  Gee, I hope I have given you some ideas.  Jo Ann

Snow Bunny-Rebel · Answer

Put some crushed ice and some baking soda in it. Shake for a couple minutes. Fill with water and let sit over night. Wash as usual.

winkleman · Answer

enable it soak with water and baking soda for roughly an hour. Dry it in finished image voltaic because of the fact the uv will take out the smell from %and different plastics. This works properly on plastic rubbish boxes and cat muddle boxes too.

bookworm · Answer

Try using a paste of baking soda and lemon juice....let it set for quite a while then wash it out like you normally would.

onebear469 · Answer

go to a better store and get some new ones if you can not get them clean  you do not want to be drinking out of them, all bottles are not the same

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