The american chemistry council recommends that you wash all reusable plastic containers with hot soapy water before you reuse them.
Pete plastic containers safety.
Keep plastic containers cool.
Plastic numbers you should avoid 3 6 and usually 7.
Which plastic numbers are not safe for food.
For example some.
Pet or pete 1 polyethylene terephthalate pet or pete bottles are the most common plastic container in use for soft drinks juice peanut butter salad dressing ketchup and water.
Food safe plastic numbers 1 2 4 5.
Plastic bottles made from pet are widely used for soft drinks see carbonation for certain specialty bottles such as those designated for beer containment pet sandwiches an additional polyvinyl alcohol pvoh layer to further reduce its oxygen permeability.
And while some containers are labeled with plastic type such as pet polyethylene terephthalate this doesn t give you enough information to determine if it s microwave safe.
Find out which are safe and which may be hazardous.
After meals we toss our leftovers in a plastic tupperware and set it in the fridge.
While plastic containers have been vilified for potential health risks some are ok to use.
As far as anyone knows these are safe and there is no migration of dangerous chemicals into your drinks.