Don't Let Sauce Stain Your Containers—6 Ways to Make Yellowed Plastic Clean Again

There are actually several tricks you’re free to attempt to rid the container of yellow discoloration.

Learn how to clean yellowed plastic usinghousehold productsso your containers look new.

Use Distilled White Vinegar

Fill the container with equal amounts of warm water anddistilled white vinegarorcleaning vinegar.

Stained plastic food containers

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Set it aside at least overnight but 24 hours is even better.

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No rubbing alcohol?

Yellowed plastic containers and the various methods to clean them

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Use hand sanitizer that contains a high percentage of alcohol.

Let the solution sit in the container for at least an hour but overnight is fine.

Person pouring white vinegar into a yellowed plastic container

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Person pouring hydrogen peroxide into a yellowed plastic container

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Scrubbing a yellowed container with a baking soda paste

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Pouring rubbing alcohol into a yellowed plastic container

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Scrubbing a yellowed plastic container with oxygen bleach paste

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Pouring chlorine bleach into a yellowed plastic container

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