Is plastic glassware dangerous?
Plastic glasses are usually PP 5. Depending on how you look at it, everything can be dangerous. It depends on what you mean. It's certainly safer to give a child a plastic glass than a real one.
I did a search on the net for plastic glassware. There are two types of plastics used for this application: polycarbonate and acrylic. The advantage is they are transparent. They fall into the number 7 (others) according to the plastic recycling numbering developed by The Society of the Plastics Industry (SPI). Be aware, most communities only recycle number 1 and 2 plastics. The rest are requested to be disposed with regular trash.
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