Key items

Applications/Purposes

Sources/Suppliers

Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET/PETE)

Plastic bottles for soft drinks, water, juice, sports drinks, beer, mouthwash, catsup, and salad dressing, food jars for peanut butter, jelly, jam, and pickles, oven-able film and microwavable food trays, etc.

China, Taiwan, South Korea, Middle East, and India

Polypropylene (PP)

Containers for yogurt, margarine, takeout meals, and deli foods, medicine bottles, bottle caps and closures, bottles for catsup and syrup, etc.

China, Taiwan, South Korea, Middle East, and India

Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC, Vinyl)

Rigid packaging applications include: blister packs and clamshells. Flexible packaging uses include: bags for bedding and medicals, shrink wrap, deli and meet wrap and tamper resistance, etc.

China, Taiwan, South Korea, Middle East, and India

High Density Polyethylene (HDPE)

Bottles for milk, water, juice, cosmetics, shampoo, dish and laundry detergents, and household cleaners, bags for groceries and retail purchases, cereal box liners.

China, Taiwan, South Korea, Middle East, and India

Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE)

·Bags for dry cleaning, newspapers, bread, frozen foods, fresh produce, and household garbage, shrink wrap and stretch film, coatings for paper milk cartons and hot and cold beverage cups, container lids, squeezable bottles (e.g., honey and mustard)

China, Taiwan, South Korea, Middle East, and India

Polystyrene/ Styrofoam (PS)

Food service items, such as cups, plates, bowls, cutlery, hinged takeout containers (clamshells), meat and poultry trays, and rigid food containers (e.g., yogurt)

China, Taiwan, South Korea, Middle East, and India

Others

Reading glasses, CDs and DVDs and cases, some electrical connections and wiring, general household plastics etc.

China, Taiwan, South Korea, Middle East, and India