What is PET (Polyethylene terephthalate)?

Question:

Is PET bottles are safe to reuse? In PET bottles there is number - 1 to 10. Have heard that some grade PET bottles can not be reused. But it is found that a good number of people - young & old around the globe reuse PET bottles for multiple times for drinking water. If it is injurious to health then why and what type of injury can happen?

Answers:
PET bottles all have the number 1 inside the recycling symbol. The numbers represent the materials out of which the recipients are made, as told here : http://www.recycle-more.co.uk/nav/page68...

PET bottles are reused in order to make PET flakes, which will become components of new recipients. However, not too much PET flakes can be used to make new bottles, so they do not significantly alter or diminish the quality of the new bottle.
I have never heard that reusing a PET bottle can be hazardous to health, especially if reusing it to drink water. So I say that they are safe to reuse. But it is best to get rid of them, putting them into the special containers, thus helping recycling.

What is PET (Polyethylene terephthalate)?

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