Did you ever drink from a plastic bottle and see a triangle symbol on the bottom with a number inside?
Do you know what the number stands for?
Did you guess that it’s just for recycling?
Then you are WRONG!!!!!!
THE NUMBER TELLS YOU THE CHEMICAL MAKE UP OF THE PLASTIC…
1) Polyethylene terephalate (PET)
2) High density polyethylene (HDPE)
3) Unplasticised polyvinyl chloride (UPVC) or Plasticised polyvinyl chloride (PPVC)
4) Low density polyethylene LDPE
5) Polypropylene (PP)
6) Polystyrene (PS) or Expandable polystyrene (EPS)
7) Other, including nylon and acrylic
What you aren’t told is that many of the plastics used are toxic and the chemicals used to create a plastic can leach out of the plastic and into the food / drink.
Think about it, how many times have you or a friend said ‘I don’t like this, it taste like the plastic bottle…‘
THAT’S BECAUSE YOU ARE TASTING THE PLASTIC
The WORST ONES are Nos: 3, 6, and 7!!!
DO NOT USE THESE NUMBERS if stated at the bottom of the bottle!!!
Reusing plastic bottles by refilling them is NOT a good idea.
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damn!!! we’ve been taking poison all this while. great article. thanks for sharing….oh and btw, 1st time here. cheers + gb
Just be careful in the future lo. Don’t re-use the water bottle.
I’ve been drinking that?
thanks for the info jayce!
No problem.
Yikes…I should throw all my bottles now, thanks.
You are welcome.
thanks..really informative!
Sure, no problem.
Your post is wrong!!! These signs are for recycling category purpose. Nothing to do with safety!!! These signs are designed for recycler to categorised their plastic because plastic cannot recycle when in they are in ‘rojak’.
PVC(3) dagerous??, PVC widely used in house piping, do you feel ok?? Every drop of water coming from your Energy water filter is through PVC pipe.
LDPE(4) safe?? You try 2 cook with cling film together. You will know I what mean.
The main thing is check the melting point of the material. Find in wikipedia. Sometime manufacturer add additive in plastic to make it more durable to high temperature.
Thanks for the input. I just post whatever expert said so. And it is meant for water bottle by the way.
I’d have to agree with orangmalaysia too. Plastics generally do not dissolve when mixed with water (it’s water proof). More important is the melting point. Don’t use plastics that cannot stand heat with hot stuff. Simple as that. A lot of plastics are rated for higher than 100 C, higher than the boiling point of water.
Noted…