Learning
and Doing More:
Plastic Type Definitions:
PETE
Polyethylene
Terephalate Ethylene PETE goes into soft drink, juice, water, detergent, and cleaner
bottles. Also used for cooking and peanut butter jars.
HDPE
High
Density Polyethylene HDPE goes into milk and water jugs, bleach bottles, detergent
and shampoo. Plastic bags and grocery sacks, motor oil bottles, household cleaners
and butter tubs.
PVC
Polyvinyl
Cloride PVC goes into window cleaner, cooking oils, and detergent bottles. Also
used for peanut butter jars and water jugs.
LDPE
Low
Density Polyethylene LDPE goes into plastic bags and grocery sacks, dry cleaning
bags and flexible film packaging. Also some bottles.
PP
Polypropylene
PP goes into caps, disks, syrup bottles, yogurt tubs, straws and film packaging.
PS
Polystyrene
PS goes into meat trays, egg cartons, plates, cutlery, carryout containers and
clear trays.
OTHER
Other
Includes resins not mentioned above or combinations of plastics.
