#1 PET

Water and soft drink bottles, fruit juice containers, domes or covers for prepared meals, cookie/biscuit trays, condiment bottles, cream/nut butter containers, cooking oil bottles

#2 HDPE

Milk bottles, freezer bags, ice cream containers, juice bottles, pouches and sachets

#3 PVC

Cling wrap, food foils, trays for sweets, seal on metal lids

#4 LDPE

Squeeze bottles, cling wrap, shrink wrap, pouches and sachets

#5 PP

Microwave dishes, yogurt and ice cream tubs, chip bags

#6 PS

Water station cups, plastic cutlery

#7 OTHER

Polycarbonate plastic Nalgene™ bottles, baby bottles, water cooler jugs, PLA, multi-material packaging

The most common plastics used in food packaging include:

• Polyethylene #2, 4

• Polyethylene terephthalate #1

• Polyvinyl chloride #3

• Polypropylene #5

• Polystyrene #6

Less common, but also used (all grouped into #7):

• Polycarbonate

• Polyamides

• Polylactic acid

• Acrylics