Monday, September 27, 2010

That pet bottle that you buy

To store water in the refrigerator..

Is the same quality as the disposable mineral water bottles.

Did you know that?

11 comments:

~G said...

yes yes i knew! And so I have tupperware jars to store water. But lately, cos of the overbearing presence of tupperware everywhere, I am beginning to suspect it too.
Any idea what quality that is ?

Himanshu Tandon said...

So does it mean that the disposable mineral water bottles can be preserved to store water in the fridge ???? :)

How do we know said...

Hi G: I checked yesterday. Tupperware is supposedly a slightly better quality of plastic. Wait let me try and get that link for you again. http://www.virtualweberbullet.com/plastics.html Tupperware is Grade 5, these bottles are Grade 1.

Hi Himashu: :-) I think, this means that we should reuse the mineral water / Thums up bottles, but ensure that we change them often enough.

BK Chowla, said...

Generally, a plastic is mistaken as a
PET bottles.PET bottles are made from polyester granules which are certified as food grade and are safe.
All pet bottles are plastic bottles-but-all plastic bottles are not pet bottles.

Peenuts said...

Nopes..dint know at all.

D said...

No, I didn't. Really?

B said...

:P ya its crazy

The Phosgene Kid said...

Unless you got the water out of ditch...

rosemaria said...

No i didn't know. Please tell me something more.

Neha said...

Oh no..that's not true...i agree with the comments of BK Chowla. What he has mentioned sums up my idea as well.

How do we know said...

@ Neha: Please read under your disposable water bottle. It says (1) with a small PET or PETE written under it. The disposable water bottles are the same grade as Pearlpet water bottles.
I have not said that they are not food grade. Just that they are the same grade..