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PLASTIC BOTTLES
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A plastic bottle isa bottle constructed by plastic.Plastic bottles are typically used tostore liquids such as water so!tdrin"s #otor oil coo"in$oil#edicine sha#poo #il"
and in".
%rst used co##ercially in &'()
*+AT A,E PLASTIC
BOTTLES-
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P,O/CTIO0 O1 PLASTICBOTTLES
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is the #ost widely used resin !orplastic bottles. This #aterial is
econo#ical i#pact resistant andpro2ides a $ood #oisture barrier.+PE is co#patible with a wide ran$eo! products includin$ acids andcaustics but is not co#patible withsol2ents. It is supplied in 1A3appro2ed !ood $rade.
+i$h ensity Polyethylene
4+PE5
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is si#ilar to +PE in co#position. It isless ri$id and $enerally less
che#ically resistant than +PE but is#ore translucent. LPE is usedpri#arily !or squee6e applications.LPE is si$ni%cantly #ore e7pensi2ethan +PE.
Low ensity Polyethylene
4LPE5
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is co##only used !or carbonated be2era$ewater bottles and #any !ood products. PETpro2ides 2ery $ood alcohol and essential oil
barrier properties $enerally $ood che#icalresistance 4althou$h acetones and "etoneswill attac" PET5 and a hi$h de$ree o! i#pactresistance and tensile stren$th. Theorientin$ process ser2es to i#pro2e $asand #oisture barrier properties and i#pactstren$th.
Polyethylene Terephthalate 4PETPETE or polyester5
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is naturally clear has e7tre#ely $oodresistance to oils and has 2ery low o7y$entrans#ission. It pro2ides an e7cellent barrier
to #ost $ases and its drop i#pact resistanceis also 2ery $ood. This #aterial is che#icallyresistant but it is 2ulnerable to so#esol2ents. P8C has poor resistance to hi$h
te#peratures and will distort at &9: ;1 4)&;C5 #a"in$ it inco#patible with hot3%lledproducts. It has attained notoriety in recentyears due to potential health ris"s.
Poly2inyl Chloride 4P8C5
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poly#er structures based onprocessed biolo$ical #aterials rather
than petroche#icals. Bioplastics areco##only #ade !ro# renewablesources li"e starch 2e$etable oil andless co##only chic"en !eathers. Theidea behind bioplastic is to create aplastic that has the ability tobiode$rade.
Bioplastic
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1ACTS ABO/T PLASTICBOTTLES
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In the Los An$eles area alone &:#etric tons o! plastic !ra$#ents
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*e currently reco2er only %2e percent o!the plastics we produce.
The a2era$e A#erican throws awayappro7i#ately &?= pounds o! plastic peryear.
Plastic accounts !or around &: percent o!
the total waste we $enerate. A#ericans throw away @= billion plastic
water bottles e2ery year
Plastic in the ocean brea"s down intosuch s#all se$#ents that pieces o!plastic !ro# a one liter bottle could endup on e2ery #ile o! beach throu$houtthe world.
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(9 percent o! plastics oat 4EPA ::95 andit can dri!t !or years be!ore e2entually
concentratin$ in the ocean $yres. It ta"es =::3&::: years !or plastic to
de$rade.
Billions o! pounds o! plastic can be !ound
in swirlin$ con2er$ences in the oceans#a"in$ up about (: percent o! the worldsocean sur!aces. ?: percent o! pollutionenters the ocean !ro# the land.
Plastic constitutes appro7i#ately ':percent o! all trash oatin$ on the oceanssur!ace with (9::: pieces o! plastic persquare #ile.
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One #illion sea birds and &:::::#arine #a##als are "illed annually
!ro# plastic in our oceans. So#e o! these co#pounds !ound in
plastic ha2e been !ound to alterhor#ones or ha2e other potential
hu#an health eDects.