Have you notice that many plastic products will be discolored and turn yellow after years of using? Including your Nintendo console, plastic baskets and plastic food containers?

After reading this post, you will realize that a food container manufacturer is not to be blamed because it's not about the material or quality. It's a use&care issue. Everything will face aging sooner or later. And that’s why your plastic products gets yellow after years.

What Causes Discolored of Your Plastic Food Containers?

Most people think that the food containers are yellowed because of food odors so they clean them hard but it just doesn’t help.

Actually, exposure to visible light, extreme temperatures, humidity and exposure to UV will all cause plastic discolored. However, the primary factor that cause discoloring will be exposure to ultra violet light (UV). Sunlight creates a lot of it and flourescent lighting and black light as well.

How to Prevent Plastic Discolored?

Take plastic food containers for example, generally, a high-quality plastic food containers can be used for more than a decade before it fails and have to be dumped. Though plastic aging is inevitable, there’s something we can do to slow the pace:

1. Avoid exposure to sunlight directly overtime. When not needed, clean the food containers and put them in your kitchen closet or somewhere shady to avoid ultra violets in sunshine.

2. Avoid extreme temperature. Extreme temperature will also result in plastic discolored, so avoid high temperatures or direct fire. It’s safe in microwave because Easylock plastic food containers can deal with -20℃ to 120℃.

3. Avoid humidity circumstances. Put food containers in somewhere humid will not only speed up the plastic aging but also breed mold. So, remember to dry your food containers before putting it in your closet. If you want to put it on countertop, remember to keep your coutertop dry.

By keeping your plastic food containers somewhere dry and avoid extreme temperature and exposure of ultra violet, you can slow down the pace of plastic aging and yellowed of plastic food containers. If you still mind that the plastic food containers will turn yellow one day, Easylock glass food containers will be a perfect alternative. It’s easy to be cleaned and heat-resistant.

To know more about plastic food containers and glass food containers, please check the posts in Easylockware.com.

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