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It depends on the type of alcohol in question. Part of the recycling process involves reacting PE with ethylene glycol in order to retrieve the original monomers that can be re-polymerized into new plastic. Though not as widely used anymore, there is a similar reaction that uses methanol instead of ethylene glycol to isolate the dimethyl terephthalate monomer. So in short, yes alcohols can react with PE but it is usually not at STP.

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