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#2 Plastic Natural HDPE (bottles and jugs only)
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Natural HDPE is a rigid, translucent plastic used for milk jugs, laundry detergent bottles, shampoo bottles, and other household containers.
Material Details
Natural HDPE #2 bottles and jugs are translucent (you can see some light through them) and appear milky-white to semi transparent.
Also known as: NHDPE, HDPE, Natural HDPE, Natural #2, #2, high density polyethelene
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About #2 Plastic Natural HDPE (bottles and jugs only)
What it is
High-density polyethylene (HDPE, or #2 plastic) is translucent, which is why milk jugs appear cloudy. It excels at chemical resistance and handles acids, bases, alcohols, detergents, and bleach without degradation. HDPE is the second most recycled plastic after PET, with the EPA reporting a 29.3% recycling rate for natural (translucent) HDPE bottles.
How it’s recycled
HDPE bottles go through sorting by type and color, cleaning to remove contaminants like food residue, shredding into flakes, melting and reforming into pellets, and manufacturing into new products. Recycled HDPE is often used to make new containers, plastic lumber, and piping.
How to prepare it
Empty any remaining food/product and rinse if necessary. Remove caps or other non-HDPE components attached to the plastic (cap rings around the neck are OK) and remove any residue or contaminants. Clean plastics are more likely to be accepted by recycling facilities.
Common mistakes
Leaving residue in bottles can contaminate the recycling stream, meaning bottles may end up discarded to a landfill instead of being recycled. Including hazardous material plastic bottles like motor oil containers in recycling bins can risk contaminating the entire load.
Environmental impact
HDPE takes a long time to break down naturally, meaning it can remain in our environment for hundreds of years. Recycling HDPE saves up to 75% of the energy needed to produce new plastic and conserves energy resources while reducing carbon footprint. Using recycled HDPE reduces demand for virgin HDPE production, which requires petroleum extraction and refining.
Did you know?
The EPA reports recycling ten plastic bottles can save enough energy to power a laptop computer for 24 hours.
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