| Polythene (polyethylene):Properties, Production & Uses |
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What is polythene used for? Soft (low density) polythene is a type of plastic used to wrap toilet rolls, kitchen towel, magazines, bread and fruit and vegetables in the supermarket. You use it to wrap your sandwiches and rings made from low density polythene hold your four pack of beer together. How do I know if I have low density polythene? You’ll rarely find a code or description on soft plastic packaging to know what it is. But if there is a code, you’re looking for a 2 or 4. If you have no code, the way to test whether or not you have polythene is to stretch it. That’s right, dear hearts, give it a good, long, hard stretch. If it’s soft and stretchy without splitting or snapping, then you’ve got yourself a whole heaping pile of glorious polythene to send to the lovely people at Polyprint Mailing films in Norwich for recycling. What type of polythene can I send for recycling? The biodegradable polythene contaminates the new batch and starts to break it down. In addition, Polyprint will not recycle plastic bottles (high density) they only recycle the soft plastic polythene used for wrapping and packaging. Can anyone send their plastic polythene for recycling? |