PET Pellets!

I "borrowed" this creative idea from Carol W (@sturnus) for today's Jan. word - pet. These are the PET pellets used to make plastic water bottles and plastic grocery bags. Another one of my husband's strange Army souvenirs. Ironically, my sister is a chemist at one of the factories that make these pellets.

[Claire]

Nice capture!

[Lisa Poland]

@tuya Thanks!

[🐞Lucy Dolittle]

Very interesting!

[Bill Fenske]

Now that's my kind of pet! No feeding necessary.

[Carol W]

Great capture, now I know what they look like! Thanks for the mention Lisa.

[Lisa Poland]

@lucypics @bill_fe Thanks!
@sturnus Thanks for the idea!

[Sue Wilde]

Well that certainly fills the bill

[Lisa Poland]

@swilde Thanks!

[Lin]

Neat and interesting - I had no idea what those were!

[Joan Robillard]

Learn something new every day on this site.

[Taffy]

Like Joan, I learn things I'd never even thought about! Is PET an acronym for something?

[Lisa Poland]

@taffy Polyethylene terephthalate. I looked it up. I'm just used to hearing it called PET or PETE.

[Lisa Poland]

@linnypinny @joansmor That's a home schooler for you, every opportunity is an opportunity to learn something! LOL!

[Garrick]

Interesting that it stored in a non expanded "Cola" bottle as well..lol

[Rick Schies]

Interesting, and your Husband has quite the collection

[Lisa Poland]

@combatdoc He did a tour of the water bottling plant, not sure if it was at Balad or Victory in Iraq, before they shut down operations and they gave him this.
@digitalrn Yes, he does. He has seen and done some very unusual things in his career with the Army! LOL!

[Timothy]

nice

[Lisa Poland]

@twr Thanks!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

That's very interesting. Now I know what happens to all those bags I recycle!

[Lisa Poland]

@olivetreeann Yes, they are probably turned back into these pellets.