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Marc Levenson
September 15th 03, 02:19 AM
You can look for the acronym LPDE pressed into the plastic.

Marc


thePoet wrote:

> Its popular to use plastic trash cans and other plastic pins for
> different purposes in the day to day marine aquaria hobby, but how do
> you know whether a particular trash can or bin is made with food grade
> plastics? I've always read that you should use only food grade plastics,
> but I'm not sure how you identify them.
>
> thePoet

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Kevin & Donna Sanders, M.D.
September 16th 03, 01:59 AM
Wouldn't that be LDPE (low density poly ethylene)?


"Marc Levenson" > wrote in message
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> You can look for the acronym LPDE pressed into the plastic.
>
> Marc
>
>
> thePoet wrote:
>
> > Its popular to use plastic trash cans and other plastic pins for
> > different purposes in the day to day marine aquaria hobby, but how do
> > you know whether a particular trash can or bin is made with food grade
> > plastics? I've always read that you should use only food grade
plastics,
> > but I'm not sure how you identify them.
> >
> > thePoet
>
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Marc Levenson
September 16th 03, 05:05 AM
Prolly. :) I tried it a few different ways, before hitting Send. I was sure to
get it right one 1 out of 16 times, right? :>)

Marc


"Kevin & Donna Sanders, M.D." wrote:

> Wouldn't that be LDPE (low density poly ethylene)?
>
>

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