What should I do with this defective plastic carboy?

[cormano]

I jumped on Midwest's buy one get free deal for plastic carboys the other week. When my two six gallon carboys showed up, I was distraught to find this:

They were very good about replacing it, but they didn't want the old one back. So what do I do with this thing? I wish the defect was higher, then I could just use it to experiment with open fermentation, which I've been curious about, but I can only get a couple gallons in this thing before it starts leaking, so what can I do with it? Patch it somehow? Cut it off to use as a planter? Some crazy idea I haven't come up with? Or just throw the damn thing out?

 

[AlCophile]

If you change your own auto oil, as I do, because one quik-lube place f'd it up, cut the 'boy to height and use it to collect old oil.
Otherwise, recycle it at town/city rec'l'ng place.

 

[FuzzeWuzze]

Hard to tell how big the hole is....

I'd say just tape it shut if its a pinhole...or just stick a sticky thermometer over it.

 

[kh54s10]

Cut the bottom out and make it a hopper for a grain mill. Or a really big funnel.