Plastic Coding Tips for Bloggers
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TheBloggerTips on
September 1st, 2008
Just received an email from friend regarding of the truth of plastic. Did you ever drink from a plastic bottle and see a triangle symbol on the bottom with a number inside? What the number stands for? Did you guess that it’s just for recycling? The truth is the number tell 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
Do you know that many of the plastics are toxic and the chemicals used to create a plastic can leach out of the plastic and into the food or drink.
How many times have you or a friend said “I don’t like this, it taste like the plastic bottle.” For more information, please check out the guideline and reference from government of Hong Kong. chart that breaks down the plastic, its uses and chemical makeup. The worst ones are number 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. Watch this video.
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. Another “RUMOR DEBUNKING” websites, lists the information as “overblown with a grain of TRUTH“
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