{"id":484,"date":"2014-12-16T14:04:42","date_gmt":"2014-12-16T21:04:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lacontainer.com\/blog\/?p=484"},"modified":"2026-03-17T11:24:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T18:24:08","slug":"lacontainer-polyethylene","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lacontainer.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/16\/lacontainer-polyethylene\/","title":{"rendered":"LAContainer: Polyethylene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When thinking about plastic materials there is no simpler plastic than polyethylene. Chemically speaking polyethylene consists of just a strand of connected carbon atoms with two hydrogens on two sides of the strand. This information may not seem important but when it comes to the plastic that is used in our containers we want our customers to be well informed. With that in mind we are going to take an in depth look at our polyethylene plastic material to help our customers decide if a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esdplasticcontainers.com\/Lab-Grade-Polyethylene_bymfg_11-0-1.html\">polyethylene container<\/a> is the right fit for your company.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lacontainer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_2250.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-344\" src=\"https:\/\/lacontainer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_2250-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lacontainer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_2250-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lacontainer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_2250-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lacontainer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/IMG_2250-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The polyethylene used in our small plastic containers is either high density, low density or a combination of the two. We use this mixture to ensure that our containers have the perfect fit and feel every time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lacontainer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2519.jpg\" data-wplink-edit=\"true\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-485 size-medium\" title=\"High Density and Low Density Polyethylene\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lacontainer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2519-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_2519\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lacontainer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2519-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lacontainer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2519-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lacontainer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2519-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This plastic is REACH, RoHS, DMF and FDA compliant and does not contain any chemicals or components known to cause cancer or other issues at levels that would subject to California Prop 65.\u00a0Along with these certifications our polyethylene is not made with any animal derived materials and is BPA free, Lead Free, phthalates safe and as always containers made with this plastic are made in the USA.<\/p>\n<p>Our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esdplasticcontainers.com\/Lab-Grade-Polyethylene_bymfg_11-0-1.html\">Polyethylene plastic containers<\/a> are safe and ideal for many industries including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esdplasticcontainers.com\/Lab-Grade-Polyethylene_bymfg_11-0-1.html\">food packaging, medical containers, laboratory containers, pharmaceutical packaging and age appropriate toy packaging<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lacontainer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2546.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-486\" src=\"https:\/\/lacontainer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2546-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lacontainer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2546-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lacontainer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2546-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lacontainer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/IMG_2546-768x575.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As always we recommend testing our containers with your items before mass purchasing to ensure that the polyethylene plastic is safe for your items and for you customers. For more information on all of our plastic types please visit our website <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esdplasticcontainers.com\/Lab-Grade-Polyethylene_bymfg_11-0-1.html\">HERE<\/a> and check out our product video below.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What You Need To Know: Polyethylene\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/43-f0QJ1WYw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When thinking about plastic materials there is no simpler plastic than polyethylene. Chemically speaking polyethylene consists of just a strand of connected carbon atoms with two hydrogens on two sides of the strand. This information may not seem important but when it comes to the plastic that is used in our containers we want our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[23,122,203,12,191,82,198,204,74,197,201,205,199,49,206,200,202,63,196,189,190,30],"class_list":{"0":"post-484","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-articles","7":"tag-bpa-free","8":"tag-candy-packaging","9":"tag-complaint","10":"tag-containers","11":"tag-dmf","12":"tag-fda","13":"tag-food-grade","14":"tag-high-density","15":"tag-hinged-lid","16":"tag-lab","17":"tag-lead-free","18":"tag-low-density","19":"tag-medical-grade","20":"tag-packaging","21":"tag-pharmaceutical-packaging","22":"tag-pharmacy-packaging","23":"tag-phthalates-safe","24":"tag-plastic","25":"tag-polyethylene","26":"tag-reach","27":"tag-rohs","28":"tag-vials","29":"entry","30":"has-post-thumbnail"},"aioseo_notices":[],"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Matt","author_link":"https:\/\/lacontainer.com\/blog\/author\/matt\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacontainer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacontainer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacontainer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacontainer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacontainer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/lacontainer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1618,"href":"https:\/\/lacontainer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484\/revisions\/1618"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lacontainer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacontainer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lacontainer.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}