Can plastic soda bottles be turned back into plastic soda bottles?
Currently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) does not allow plastic soda bottles to be recycled into new soda bottles because of the possibility that the material will retain harmful chemicals, such as bleach and soap, contacted during processing. The FDA has issued letters of nonobjection for a 5-layered and 3-layered plastic bottle that sandwiches a layer of recycled plastic between the layers of virgin plastic.
