Posted: 9/17/2011 6:20:46 PM EDT
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I have been reading many of the posts here and decided to start doing some preps. I have lots of gear from my climbing days and thought I would get it out and use some of it. Some of the Nalgene bottles have become like glass. The ones marked HDPE have a sour smell and turned light yellow. Is this normal ? Should I keep any of these ? The ones marked PP seem OK, I am not sure about the ones marked PC. I don't want to find out latter they was not good.
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HDPE = High Density Polyethylene These are the ones you say have gone brittle, then toss them. If the lids still appear good keep the lids. I lost a lid to one of mine and a replacement is not listed on Nalgene.com PP = Polypropylene (my best guess) If these look and act OK then they probably are OK. PC = Polycarbonate DO NOT TOSS THESE If you do not want/trust these then IM me. These are probably still good. Hope this helps |
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HDPE = High Density Polyethylene These are the ones you say have gone brittle, then toss them. If the lids still appear good keep the lids. I lost a lid to one of mine and a replacement is not listed on Nalgene.com PP = Polypropylene (my best guess) If these look and act OK then they probably are OK. PC = Polycarbonate DO NOT TOSS THESE If you do not want/trust these then IM me. These are probably still good. Hope this helps All of the above. Those containers have been around for a while since they predate the plastic recycling symbols. With the condition of those HDPE ones I would just pitch or recycle them. Nalgene only sells polycarbonate as labware now, not for consumer use after the whole "BPA" media enviroscare fantasy. They'll last a long time if not in sunlight a lot. |
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HDPE = High Density Polyethylene These are the ones you say have gone brittle, then toss them. If the lids still appear good keep the lids. I lost a lid to one of mine and a replacement is not listed on Nalgene.com PP = Polypropylene (my best guess) If these look and act OK then they probably are OK. PC = Polycarbonate DO NOT TOSS THESE If you do not want/trust these then IM me. These are probably still good. Hope this helps It does help, Thanks. Keeping the lids is a good tip. |
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HDPE = High Density Polyethylene These are the ones you say have gone brittle, then toss them. If the lids still appear good keep the lids. I lost a lid to one of mine and a replacement is not listed on Nalgene.com PP = Polypropylene (my best guess) If these look and act OK then they probably are OK. PC = Polycarbonate DO NOT TOSS THESE If you do not want/trust these then IM me. These are probably still good. Hope this helps All of the above. Those containers have been around for a while since they predate the plastic recycling symbols. With the condition of those HDPE ones I would just pitch or recycle them. Nalgene only sells polycarbonate as labware now, not for consumer use after the whole "BPA" media enviroscare fantasy. They'll last a long time if not in sunlight a lot. The containers are from the late 80's to early 90's. I am keeping the PC marked ones and tossing the rest. |
| There is no real problem with any BPA made bottles except do not (with water in them) microwave them, heat them, leave them on your dash in summer, or use them for long term storage. Certain idiots were doing this and it created harmful gasses into the water and air. Don't heat them up. ANY plastic would do that. |