Primo believes in doing everything we can to protect the environment. That includes thinking renewable – going one step beyond recycling. Recycling is great, and we know you try to recycle on all levels where you can. In fact, being recyclable is part of being renewable. Renewable is about asking the right questions when developing a product: Are these materials sustainable? Is there an earth-friendlier option? The biggest issue today is sustainable packaging from renewable resources or materials.
Primo had renewable in mind when we developed our earth-friendly bottle. We're saving valuable resources when we make bottles from natural plastics like Ingeotm, allowing petroleum to be used for other more important needs. Renewable materials also have more options for recycling then non-renewable materials.
How is Primo Renewable?
Primo's bottles have a renewable advantage throughout their lifecycle.
- They are made from Ingeotm natural plastic, derived from plants – not crude oil like most other plastic bottles.
- Ingeotm plastic is unique in that it offers consumers multiple options for the bottle to be renewed:
- It can be sorted and recycled using traditional mechanical recycling
- It can be recycled
- It can be commercially composted
- It can be incinerated for energy recovery
Traditional petroleum-based plastic bottles have only one recovery option: mechanical recycling. We recognize that not all consumers have access today to all the recycling options mentioned above and that the facilities that can execute some of those processes are limited. That's not unusual when you're on the leading edge of environmental progress. Unfortunately, many consumers don't have access to any recycling of plastic or other materials.
Primo is working to form a consortium of leading waste management experts and manufacturing engineers who will work together to develop new long-term, effective and efficient recycling processes for bioplastics. We encourage consumers to take advantage of any recovery opportunity every day. Call your local recovery company or municipality if you have any questions. To learn more, see our FAQs.
Manufacturing efficiencies: Using less energy, emitting less greenhouse gases
Manufacturing the Primo bottle requires 65% less fossil resources than a PET petroleum based bottle. Conventional PET bottles use limited and diminishing reserves of oil and natural gas as their materials source. In contrast, the material for Primo’s bottle is derived from annually renewable resource, like plants.
Energy from the sun and carbon dioxide from the atmosphere are harnessed in agricultural crops. Carbon dioxide is believed to be the most important contributor to global climate change. Because carbon dioxide is removed from the air when plants are grown, Ingeotm contributes 80 to 90% less greenhouse gases to the atmosphere than traditional plastic materials. Ingeotm emits less carbon dioxide because it is made from renewable resources.
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