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Plastic is one of the most commonly used materials today. It is used in clothes, packaging, toys, furniture – even parts
of spaceships are made from plastic!
Plastic is light and strong, and doesn't break easily. This makes it the perfect material for bottles. Plastic bottles are used to
package liquids - juice, milk, shampoo, cooking oil, fizzy drinks and many, many more.
All plastic bottles, except for the brown ones used to contain beer, are recyclable.
Types of recyclable bottles
There are three types of recyclable plastic bottles. They are all recycled separately:
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PET bottles have this
symbol on the side or on the bottom:
HDPE bottles have this symbol: 
PVC bottles have this symbol: 
