Primo Water - Episode 1: Creation

Primo Water bottles are made from a natural, plant-based plastic -- not petroleum-based plastic, like other water bottles. See the beginning of the Primo Water bottle story from the farm fields of America.

Primo Water delivers the best tasting bottled water in single serve bottles made from plants. 3 out of 4 consumers prefer the taste of Primo Water over other leading brands.

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Science & Technology

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• primo
• water
• taste
• perfection
• best
• tasting
• bottled
• bottles
• plants
• recycle
• earth
• bio
• resin
• corn
• ingeo
• natureworks

[jaxgal618]

I was buying Primo too but now I can't find it anywhere. Publix was the only one that carried the bottles and they discontinued it. You can still buy Primo water but in the reusable bottles made for water coolers. They usually have this at Lowe's. I'd like to see all beverage containers made from this or something similar.

[amsterdamorbust]

It lessens our footprint in many ways compared to conventional plastic containers. The UK has had success with plant based packaging, why can't we at least put forth the same amount of effort?

[DuaPohon]

Consume less

[lindseymoo245]

PLA is biodegradable, so even if it does use the same amount of oil as the alternative, it still has this benefit.

[jellofast]

i dont' fall for this.. it still uses energy to make each bottle. it's just more of a distraction!!

everyone look into the berkey sports water bottle, you can filter out dirty water, rain water, swamp you name it.. altho it can't do salt water. by buying the berkey one u dont have to pay for water, and u aren't wasting bottles and resources. spread the word!

[maliciousmushroom]

Remember that oil is used in the planting, maintenance, and harvesting of these plants.  This is something that we need to think about when considering this product. I am not saying it isn't a good idea or concept. Just that we might need to think outside the box a bit. How much oil was really used in all of the planting and whatnot. Does it calculate into their energy projections?

[milodbumb]

I dont see any switch soon to mass use of hemp fiber in the us due to hte folowing lobbies

Cotton

Wool

Oil

Wood pulp.

and there migt be some i am missing.

[mattsnod]

Good comment. I must point out that the corn they use is corn that couldn't be used for human consumption. They happen to use this grade corn because that's what Ingeo can convert cheaply at this point. People are researching ways to use other high-cellulose plants like switchgrass, but until there's enough crop production to warrant converting over the production facilities, they have to stick with corn for the time being. Note: I work for the PR firm for Primo and am passionate about this.

[sancornorth]

Interesting

[92264654]

I saw this at a Local store and immediately bought some

I will never buy another oil base bottle again. It's a step in the right direction