If we use plastic bottle for storing water in the fridges, are we recycling plastic?

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technically no. 60% 3 Votes

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• I think what you%26#039;re doing is %26quot;Reusing%26quot; it. But in my opinion~ as long as youre not throwing it away in the trash you%26#039;re doing the best thing for the earth! 0% 0 Votes
• Anything that keeps it out of the landfill is recycling. If you cut it open and made a planter out of it, that would be recycling as well. 0% 0 Votes
• You certainly are...reusing is the best way to recycle 40% 2 Votes
• No but you are REUSING, which is one of the steps (reuse, recycle, reduce) 0% 0 Votes
• Yes- Re-useing something
  No-It is the same thing nont remade.
  
  I think it is a form of recycling, more likely just called reusing or reducing waste, which is a environment friendly move.
  Good job! 0% 0 Votes
• Yes, you are but you must know that the bottles are just for 5 times uses before the bottle starts tasting bad. 0% 0 Votes
• its 1 way to so...... i agree 0% 0 Votes
• Re-using is exactly what recycling is all about. An item doesn%26#039;t have to be re-processed to be recycled. 0% 0 Votes
• As Talismb said, it%26#039;s the second step in the waste three-some - Reduce, Re-use, Recycle, in that order of preference. Recycling requires much more energy to make something else out of the base product (i.e. a plastic bottle will have to be washed, granulated, heated/melted and somehow formed into a new product). Re-use obviously requires little energy (to cut the bottom off the bottle, for instance, to use as a watering device) and Reduction is the simplest method of all - which you are also doing by not going out %26amp; buying more bottles of water, for instance!
  We all try to re-cycle %26amp; think we%26#039;re doing our bit, but we should actually be thinking closely about the containers we buy and how necessary they are? Anyone who buys bananas in a plastic bag (when they%26#039;ve got their own natural cover) must be exactly that - bananas. If it%26#039;s the only choice, become a %26quot;stripper%26quot; %26amp; strip off the bag at the check-out before you leave the store!! Preferably, buy un-wrapped! 0% 0 Votes
• While all of the above answers respond directly to the question, I suggest another point perhaps more cogent.
  All materials degrade over time. Plastics generally degrade faster than many other materials used for containers. [We%26#039;re talking food grade materials here]
  So, water stored in plastic containers will, over time, pick up some of the degrading plastic; and some of the off-gassing and other substances from plastic are now being recognized to be very nasty stuff.
  Try glass; ask for glass at the store; demand glass for soft drinks and beer, thus avoiding even the need to recycle aluminum.
  Glass is much more inert and lasts very long; it can be re-used if we demand that companies go back to cleaning and re-using the glass containers.
  Cheers 0% 0 Votes
• You are reusing it, which is better than recycling since you don%26#039;t have to do anything (like expend energy) to do it. Go for it!