Preheat the oven to around 300 °F (149 °C).
This temperature will gradually melt the plastic. However, you will need to be patient with the melting. It won't take a blasting hot oven to melt most common plastics, such as Polypropylene, and you don't want it to be so hot that the plastic burns.
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Feb 1, 2013 · This one, on ehow shows how to melt plastic in a toaster oven. Basically, wash the bottles, cut 'em into small manageable chunks and pop them in ...
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