Looking back at yesterdays assignment, I’m looking at the few categories my plastic fits into. I am pretty sure all of my items are thermoplastics that can be melted down and reformed. The plastic that I had were mostly basic plastics (like milk bottles and poland spring jugs). I only have few plastics and plastic categories which makes it a bit difficult to analyze. My plastic only fit type 1 and 2 plastic, so PETE and HDPE. Pretty much my plastic varied in between milk jugs and mineral water bottles. I think that PETE plastic is used for water bottles because it is light, hollowed, and can be formed easily to the desired shape. I think that HDPE plastic is used because it is heavy and light at the same type. It is heavy enough to carry a liquid but light when picking it up empty. This material MUST fit the criteria of heavy and light or it will break open, leak, and/ or explode. Only 25% of these products are recycled with PETE plastic. And by recycling it you can reduce the amount of plastic sitting and ruining the ocean. With HDPE plastic, it only gets recycled 12% of the time which is half the amount of times that PETE plastic gets recycled. If you recycle HDPE plastic you are helping to reduce our countries carbon footprint. Both plastics, when recycled, help make our planet a safer and better place.