How Much You Know about Plastic Drink Bottles?
Being durable and unbreakable in transporting any type of liquid, plastic drink bottles are widely used today. In order to stay healthy, you find it necessary to keep water bottles with you every day and everywhere. Bottles made from plastics are very light, cheap to make, and won’t break when we drop them. So they are very convenient for carrying water around once we are on the go.
However, it is worth knowing something about plastic drink bottles that your use to drink. For instance, what kind of plastics are they made of? Is it reusable and able to withstand a high temperature? Above all, do the chemicals in the plastic leach into the water?
The easiest way is check the recycling codes on the bottles. Recycling codes 2 and 4 refer to high density polyethylene and low density polyethylene respectively, while 5 indicates polypropylene. The water that sold in stores is contained in bottles with code 1, which means these bottles are not recommended for second use. Besides, you’d better stop drinking if you taste plastic. Another tip that will keep your plastic drink bottles safe is to choose clear plastic rather than colored or opaque ones, so that potential risks from coloring agents added to the plastic can be reduces.