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How We Achieve "Zero Waste"
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Water / Zero Waste Exchange Process
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"Zero Waste" Is Not A Slogan—It's A Commitment
At Primo we take our responsibility to the environment seriously, and we are dedicated to reusing, recycling and reducing waste. When we say our bottles are "Zero Waste," we mean just that—they produce zero waste.
We Help You Be Environmentally Responsible
Here's how:
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the empty bottle in a Primo
Return Center—there are
thousands located at stores
across the country. (And it
doesn’t even have to be a Primo
bottle. We give credit for any
brand of 3- or 5-gallon water bottle.) |
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a ticket for a big discount
on your next purchase of
Primo Water. |
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more water using your ticket
and save money! |
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yourself with taste perfection—and give
yourself a pat on the back for doing the
Responsible thing! |
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We sterilize and reuse each bottle up to 40 times. Once we are no longer able to use our bottles, the plastic is recycled to become other products, such as carpet fibers and other packaging materials. That’s how we achieve Zero Waste and that’s what makes Primo the responsible choice.
What Being "Zero Waste" Means
It means we keep single-use bottles out of landfills.
In the last five years, we’ve kept over 370,000,000 (that’s three hundred and seventy million!) single-use bottles (or about 65 million pounds of plastic) out of our nation’s landfills.
It means we help save our natural resources.
Plastic is made from oil, and by reusing and recycling our bottles and keeping single-use bottles from being thrown away, we lessen the need for oil to be used to create new bottles. By keeping 370,000,000+ single-use bottles out of our landfills, we’ve saved over 44,000+ barrels of oil (or more than 1.8 million gallons).
And Those Aren't The Only Ways We Help Cut Waste
Nationwide, the vast majority of Primo Water travels less than 100 miles from the bottling location to the stores where it is sold. This reduces our "carbon footprint," as less oil and gas are used to get Primo from its source to your store. And our Primo water dispensers are Energy Star rated and use up to 50% less power than traditional dispensers. Learn more about our appliances. Learn more about our appliances.
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