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Learn what PP, ABS, PET, HDPE and LDPE are (the safest plastics), how to spot/identify what items are made out of it, and avoid literally everything else plastic that isn't one of these.

Everything you mentioned are actually mostly polyethylene (PE), polypropylene or PET with the exception of plastic utensils which are sometimes made from a hard form of polystyrene, and some takeout food containers.





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