SKS Bottle & Packaging, Inc
   Products

Plastic Container Recycle Codes

SKS Site Map  Site map
About SKS  About us
SKS Terms  Terms
SKS Bottle FAQ  FAQ
Contact SKS  Contact us
 

  Glass Bottles
 Glass Bottles
        -- Blue
        -- Amber
        -- Clear
        -- Green
        -- Frosted
  Glass Jars  Glass Jars
  Glass Vials  Glass Vials
  Plastic Bottles  Plastic Bottles
       -- PET Bottles
       -- PE and Other
       -- Tubes & Vials
       -- Labware
  Plastic Bottles  Plastic Jars
  Plastic Pails, Drums  Pails, Drums
  Metal Tins  Metal Containers
        -- Metal Tins
        -- Metal Cans
  Glass Bottles  Caps / Closures
       --  Plastic Caps
       --  Metal Caps
       --  Dispensing Caps
       --  Pumps, Atomizers
       -- 
 Glass Droppers
       --  
Brush Caps

Shop By Industry
Aromatherapy Containers  Aromatherapy
Bath Salt Containers  Bath Salt Containers
Craft Books  Books
Bath and Body Containers  Bath & Body Care
Candle Jars  Candle Containers
Candy Making Supplies  Candy Making Supply
Canning Containers  Canning Jars
Craft Kits  Craft Kits
Cosmetic Containers  Cosmetic Containers
Food Containers  Food Containers
Cosmetic Containers  Labware
Lip Balm Supply  Lip Balm Supply
Organize  Organize Your Home
Pill Containers  Pill Containers  
Cosmetic Containers  Travel Kits
Cosmetic Containers  Water Bottles
Wedding Favor Ideas  Wedding Favors

  Packaging Equipment
   --  Digital Scales      
   --  Bag Sealers
   --  Heat Guns
   --  Label Dispensers
  -- 
 Filling Machines
  --  
Induction Sealers

PET Plastic Code
PETE

Polyethylene Terephthalate   (  PET or PETE )
Common uses: Plastic bottles for soda, water, food, liquid soap, and lotion. 

    PET is Semi-rigid to rigid depending on container wall thickness. Good to fair chemical barrier; not good for strong acids or bases. Good alcohol and solvent barrier; good gas and fair moisture barrier. Good moldability. Sterilizable through EtO and gamma radiation. PET bottles and jars have good stress crack and impact at room temperature and above.

HDPE Plastic Code
HDPE

High Density Polyethylene   (  HDPE )
Common uses: Plastic bottles and jars for cosmetic, food, milk, and detergent.

     HDPE is flexible but more rigid than LDPE. Natural color is milky white, semi-translucent depending on density. Good impact strength and stress crack resistance. Good chemical resistance. HDPE plastic containers have a good vapor barrier but make for a poor gas barrier. Sterilizable via EtO or gamma radiation.


PVC Plastic Code
V


Polyvinyl Chloride
   (  PVC )
Common uses: Clear food and non food packaging, medical tubing, and wire insulation.

    PVC is Flexible to rigid. Transparent to yellowish color in natural state.  Good for coatings; fair water and good oxygen barrier. Good chemical resistance. Sterilizable by EtO. PVC bottles and jars have good impact and some stress crack resistance. Poor recycling due to chloride residues.

LDPE Plastic Code
LDPE

Low Density Polyethylene   ( LDPE )
Common uses: Plastic bottles for honey, mustard, and bread or food bags.

    LDPE is very flexible, natural milky color, translucent with high impact strength. Excellent for mild and strong buffers, good chemical resistance. LDPE plastic bottles have a good water vapor and alcohol barrier properties. Poor gas barrier, Sterilizable with EtO or gamma radiation. LDPE containers have good stress crack and impact resistance.


PP Plastic Code
PP


Polypropylene
   ( PP )
Common uses: Plastic containers for ketchup, yogurt, margarine,and medicine.

    PP is a rigid, solid, durable in container or cap forms. Opaque, natural grayish yellow in natural form. Excellent stress crack and impact resistance. PP Bottles and jars have excellent moisture barrier, good oil and alcohol barrier, poor gas barrier properties. Good chemical resistance. Sterilizable with EtO or autoclaving.

PS Plastic Code
PS

Polystyrene   ( PS )
Common uses: Packaging for CDs, aspirin bottles, cups, plates and cutlery.

    PS is a transparent, rigid and glasslike polymer. Light and heat stable, biologically inert and non-toxic. Good resistance to inorganic chemicals. PS containers have good impact and stress crack resistance, poor barrier properties. EtO or Gamma sterilizable.


Other Plastic Code
OTHER


Other Plastics

Common uses : Plastic Bottles for squeezable Ketchup and syrup.

     The miscellaneous classification includes plastic that may contain multiple layers of different types of materials, like the above plastics. Plastic bottles and containers form this group are not easily recyclable. Some plastic that fall under this code are poly carbonate, Polytetraflouroethylene and Teflon

NOTE: Two of the polymers above have different abbreviations then what is underneath the symbol. polyvinyl chloride is called PVC, it is also commonly known as vinyl. So the recycling code for PVC just uses the letter V. In the scientific community they call polyethylene terephthalate, "PET", but the recycling code is PETE this is because PET is a trademark.

Page Tools
     Print This Page
     UPS Tracking  Tracking
     SKS Fast Order  Fast  Order Form 


Copyright © 2007 SKS Bottle & Packaging, Inc. All Rights Reserved