For plastic materials, we often hear the words "recycling" to help reduce the growth of plastics. It is a serious problem affecting the environment of the country as well as the whole world. That's why a lot of people try to reuse water bottles often, but we should know that some of these plastic bottle can be reused, while others can only be used once and is harmful reusing them.
What materials are plastic bottles made of?
Most plastic water bottles have a processing code printed on the bottle. And we can know what kind of plastic the water bottle is made of, because there are many types of plastic, but only a few are used to make it. The number on the plastic bottle ranges from 1 to 7 to determine the type of plastic that makes the bottle and is easy to sort. Categorize bottles when recycling.
1. Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET or PETE)
2. High-density Polyethylene (HDPE)
3. Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)
4. Low-density Polyethylene (LDPE)
5. Polypropylene (PP)
6. Polystyrene (PS)
7. Other types of plastics
Most pure water bottle manufacturers today use the number 1, 2 and 7 to make a bottle of water we drink every day. . On the other hand, the code written on the bottle also lets us know that we can reuse the water bottle of not. How many times or once used and discarded.
Some types of plastic bottles can only be used once because they can spread chemicals into drinking water, especially when putting it in a warm place or in the heat of the day and the bottle we should be careful with the code like:
1 PET
3 PVC
6 PS
7 PC (other types of plastics, including Polycarbonate, PC).
The plastic bottles that we can use many times and are resistant to heat, not afraid of chemicals in our water have the codes such as:
2 HDPE
4 LDPE
5 PP
In case of any questions or doubts about your health, the best option is to consult with the doctor and specialist.
