Cutting Board made from Recycled HDPE Plastic

In this video we turn a load of milk bottle tops and other recycled plastic we have been collecting into a fully functioning chopping board - we even included a juice groove! Something important to note is that the low melting temperature of HDPE means that this should not be used for anything hot, nor should it be used as a surface to rest hot saucepans on. However it is perfect for cutting fruit and vegetables etc. It shouldn’t be dishwashed but is very easy to clean. We are aware that there will be a lot of comments regarding the safety of using recycled plastic for items that come into contact with food. We have researched this fairly extensively and we are confident that our process is clean enough to produce food-grade HDPE: HDPE is a food-grade plastic, hence why it is used for milk bottles and packaging for other edible goods. This is most likely sourced from raw (or ’virgin’) polymer which means that it has not gone through a recycling process. This issue with recycling plastic