(Please understand that I joined a bit late so I didn’t realize that I had this assignment and had less time to collect my use of plastic. )
The type of plastic that I chose for this post was the pete bottles, clear plastic bottles made out of polyethylene terephthalate. They’re identified as #1 in the recycling triangle located on the bottom of the bottle. The use of this bottle is usually to hold liquids, like water, soda, other drinks. The reason why I chose this is that it’s my frequent use of plastic. I usually take a bottle of water to go from home to school, and usually drink 2 bottles per day.
After use, I throw them out in the recycling bin where it’s taken to get sorted into different colors. Transparent, uncolored PET, blue and green PET, remainders into one pile.
There’s always a better alternative rather than using plastic bottles. There are stainless bottles for use, where you can reuse it again and again. Ancient civilizations used large casks or urns to preserve water and it was on a larger scale where one person couldn’t hold it.
And in the medieval era, people drank from waterskins made from animal hide. It was referred to as “water bladders”.
