STAMFORD, Conn. -- Resource Natural Spring Water today debuted its remodeled bottle made with 100% recycled plastic (excluding the cap and label), making it one of the first premium natural spring water brands to offer a 100% rPET bottle nationwide.
With its move to a 100% rPET bottle, available in 700-ml and 1-liter sizes, resource hopes to focus attention on the uses of rPET while reinforcing the importance of bottle-to-bottle recycling and increasing awareness and demand for recycled plastic.
"At resource, we believe that using recycled PET can help increase recycling rates by focusing attention on the value of recycling," said Debora Fillis Ryba, senior manager of sustainability at Nestlé Waters North America, Stamford, Conn. "Nestlé Waters has a strong history of sustainable innovation and product stewardship advocacy, and the 100% rPET bottle aims to continue that legacy by increasing awareness of closed-loop recycling."
Nestle Waters North America is committed to increasing plastic (PET) beverage bottle recycling rates to 60% by 2018. The company has been working closely with policy stakeholders nationally and locally to help reach this goal.
“Bottle-to-bottle recycling is one of the most effective ways to reduce landfill waste, reduce the carbon footprint, conserve natural resources and control the environmental impact of sourcing and creating new packaging,” said Leon Farahnik, founder and chief executive officer of CarbonLITE Industries LLC, one of the largest producers of food-grade, post-consumer recycled PET in the world. “Currently under one-third of PET materials in the U.S. are recycled, and brands such as resource, with their commitment to 100% rPET packaging, represent a pivotal shift in the industry to improve recycling standards among corporations and consumers.”
Resource Natural Spring Water is a premium natural spring water with naturally occurring electrolytes for a crisp, clean taste. It is bottled and sold by Nestlé Waters North America, whose brands include Nestlé Pure Life, Poland Spring, Perrier and S.Pellegrino.
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