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Which Plastics are Safe – Which are Not?
By Mark Schauss | March 24, 2008
Here is the list, thanks to the magazine Green Guide (get it today, it’s well worth it). The numbers are those you see within the triangle on bottles and other plastic containers.
- PET 1 (polyethylene terephthalate)- Safe and Recyclable unless you have high phthalates (my addition)
- HDPE 2 (high-density polyethylene) – Safe and Recyclable
- Vinyl or PVC 3 (polyvinyl chloride) – Bad and Not Recyclable
- LDPE 4 (low-density polyethylene) – Safe but only Recyclable at plastic bag recycling places such as Wal-Mart
- PP 5 (polypropylene) – Safe but may not be Recyclable, check with your community program
- PS 6 (polystyrene) – Bad but may be recyclable
- PC 7 – Avoid and Not Recyclable
- PLA 7 (polyactide) – Safe and Can be Composted but not Recyclable
Topics: Environment, Global Warming, Health | 5 Comments »
June 2nd, 2009 at 10:50 pm
thx for the info. its really good. we are doing a project about plastics which are safe and recyclable and that was the information we needed. Not many other websites had info like that, thx again!!!!! 😀
June 3rd, 2009 at 2:23 pm
thanx im doing the project with Sabrina & she is right, that is the info we needed. THANX!!! 😀 🙂
September 25th, 2009 at 7:13 pm
I need to know if polyethylene tanks are safe for honey storage during short periods (less than 1 week). PE tanks are so much less expensive than SS.
I assume virgin, non pigmented PE.
Thank you
January 14th, 2010 at 2:16 pm
Would you please tell me the latest findings on PP…I had understood from this article that #5 was safe (storing food/microwaving)..now I hear it is NOT.
Please help!
Thank you!
Sumangala
March 16th, 2010 at 7:46 am
Is polypropylene in a chenile braided rug safe for babies and young children to play on?
thank you.
Joanne