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From: Fred Friedman (FRIEDMAN.FRED@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV)
Date: Thu Oct 16 1997 - 06:17:00 EDT 

Date: Thu, 16 Oct 97 11:17 WET DST
From: FRIEDMAN.FRED@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV (Fred Friedman)
Subject: Re: What are the 7 recycling codes for plastics? (Demetrice)

Oct. 16, 1997

Dear Demetrice,

1 = Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET or PETE)
2 = High Density Polyethylene (HDPE)
3 = Polyvinyl Chloride (V)
4 = Low Density Polyethylene (LDPE)
5 = Polypropylene (PP)
6 = Polystyrene (PS)
7 = All Other resins (including most engineering plastics)

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