Its been on the news papers and most of the other mass media that the reuse of PET bottles is unsafe. Still there are many contraversies regarding this topic and many argue that its safe. But a major part believes that its unsafe as Poly Ethylene Terephthalte bottles when reused disintegrate into water. This is because the manufacturers, to decrease the production cost of such bottles, which are intented for one time use only, uses low quality materials and give it an thin protective coating which is easily damaged by reuse of such bottles.
Such bottles can even cause cancerous diseases. Most of the media's missed out the safety factor of PET bottles. PET bottles have a triangle at the bottom of the bottle in which a number will be written. If this number is greater than or equal to 5, that bottle is reusable. But usually mineral water bottles come with the number one. So always check this before reuse. If its less than 5 just discard it to the garbage AND NOT TO THE ROADSIDE.
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