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Of what kind of plastic are soft drink bottles made?

April 26, 2017bottles DRINK plastic soft

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Of what kind of plastic are soft drink bottles made?

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[A] urf@icl.se (Urban Fredriksson) Soft drink bottles are made of PETE plastic. PETE is an acronym for: PolyEthylene Terephthalate Ester or more commonly, polyester. Apparently, Kodak makes about 80% of the plastic soda bottles used in the U.S. Additionally, DuPont and Hoechst-Celanese also manufacture polyester. A big reason is that Kodak, DuPont, Himont, and Amoco are all major manufacturers of purified terephthalic acid, one of the raw materials used in making polyester.