When your jar spices are old and need to be thrown out, save the jar! Instead of throwing away the entire jar, empty the contents into the trash, and buy a few tablespoons in the bulk section of your grocery store to refill the jar--and you don't need it totally full. You will probably spend 15-30 cents instead of $6.00.
A regular-size bottle of Thyme Leaves is $7.99 per ounce, $5.59 for the jar.
A small-size bottle of Thyme Leaves is $10.79 per ounce, $3.99 for the jar.
Bulk Thyme is $0.87 per ounce (1/10th the price of the small jar), but I only spent $0.14 for way more than I needed-you can store in your own jar, or keep in this ziplock.