diff --git a/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseBlobStoreIntegrationTest.java b/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseBlobStoreIntegrationTest.java
index 3c2bc0a45d..e6413ec460 100644
--- a/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseBlobStoreIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseBlobStoreIntegrationTest.java
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ import org.jclouds.javax.annotation.Nullable;
 import org.jclouds.util.Strings2;
 import org.testng.ITestContext;
 import org.testng.annotations.AfterClass;
+import org.testng.annotations.AfterSuite;
 import org.testng.annotations.BeforeClass;
 import org.testng.annotations.BeforeSuite;
 
@@ -101,6 +102,15 @@ public class BaseBlobStoreIntegrationTest extends BaseViewLiveTest<BlobStoreCont
       view.close();
       view = null;
    }
+
+   @AfterSuite(groups = { "integration", "live" })
+   protected void destroyResources() throws Exception {
+      setupContext();
+      deleteEverything(view);
+
+      view.close();
+      view = null;
+   }
    
    protected Iterable<Module> setupModules() {
       return ImmutableSet.<Module> of(getLoggingModule(), createHttpModule());
@@ -499,7 +509,7 @@ public class BaseBlobStoreIntegrationTest extends BaseViewLiveTest<BlobStoreCont
          }
       });
       String newScratchContainer = CONTAINER_PREFIX + new SecureRandom().nextLong();
-      System.err.printf("*** allocated new container %s...%n", container);
+      System.err.printf("*** allocated new container %s...%n", newScratchContainer);
       return newScratchContainer;
    }
 
diff --git a/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseContainerIntegrationTest.java b/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseContainerIntegrationTest.java
index 312fae7ad7..4e235063ca 100644
--- a/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseContainerIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseContainerIntegrationTest.java
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ public class BaseContainerIntegrationTest extends BaseBlobStoreIntegrationTest {
    }
 
    @Test(groups = { "integration", "live" })
+   // TODO: the test name does not describe its behavior
    public void testPutTwiceIsOkAndDoesntOverwrite() throws InterruptedException {
       String containerName = getContainerName();
       try {
@@ -275,7 +276,7 @@ public class BaseContainerIntegrationTest extends BaseBlobStoreIntegrationTest {
          view.getBlobStore().deleteContainer(containerName);
          assertNotExists(containerName);
       } finally {
-         recycleContainer(containerName);
+         recycleContainerAndAddToPool(containerName);
       }
    }
 
@@ -287,7 +288,7 @@ public class BaseContainerIntegrationTest extends BaseBlobStoreIntegrationTest {
          assertNotExists(containerName);
       } finally {
          // this container is now deleted, so we can't reuse it directly
-         recycleContainer(containerName);
+         recycleContainerAndAddToPool(containerName);
       }
    }
 
diff --git a/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseContainerLiveTest.java b/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseContainerLiveTest.java
index 55784f0230..f058b271b4 100644
--- a/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseContainerLiveTest.java
+++ b/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseContainerLiveTest.java
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ public class BaseContainerLiveTest extends BaseBlobStoreIntegrationTest {
 
       } finally {
          // this container is now public, so we can't reuse it directly
-         recycleContainer(containerName);
+         recycleContainerAndAddToPool(containerName);
       }
    }
 
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ public class BaseContainerLiveTest extends BaseBlobStoreIntegrationTest {
 
       } finally {
          // this container is now public, so we can't reuse it directly
-         recycleContainer(containerName);
+         recycleContainerAndAddToPool(containerName);
       }
    }
 
diff --git a/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseServiceIntegrationTest.java b/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseServiceIntegrationTest.java
index 20ba79b8e9..ca0ef74ae2 100644
--- a/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseServiceIntegrationTest.java
+++ b/blobstore/src/test/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/integration/internal/BaseServiceIntegrationTest.java
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ public class BaseServiceIntegrationTest extends BaseBlobStoreIntegrationTest {
 
             });
          } finally {
-            recycleContainer(containerName);
+            recycleContainerAndAddToPool(containerName);
          }
       }
    }