reuse of plastic bottles...

By BR -

GOOD MORNING

Dear Friends,


Did you ever drink from a plastic bottle and see a triangle symbol on
the
bottom with a number inside?


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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 #s: 3, 6, and 7


Check out this chart that breaks down the plastic, its uses and chemical
makeup


(I find #7 a little scary)


http://www.epd.gov.hk/epd/english/environmentinhk/waste/guide_ref/guide_
plascod3.html

Reusing plastic bottles by refilling them is NOT a good idea. WATCH THE
VIDEO:


http://video.wnbc.com/player/?id=238518


Microwaving plastic containers affects the chemical make up of the
plastic,
allowing the chemical substances to destabilize and leach out more
quickly
into the food you are reheating. You can check out this article that ran
in
the Wall Street Journal:


http://www.mindfully.org/Plastic/Microwave-Health-Problems.htm


EVEN one of my favorite "RUMOR DEBUNKING" websites,
URBANLEGENDS.ABOUT.COM


Lists the information as: overblown with a grain of TRUTH


READ the FULL 3 pages of the article!


http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl-microwave-dioxin.htm


Try to avoid re-using plastic bottles.


take care..........of your self/family.
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