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news.Rainbow Light Nutritional Systems (Rainbow Light) has reported that it is converting its entire bottled vitamin line to sustainable EcoGuard bottles. It is to be made from 100% recycled plastic.
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The company’s conversion to EcoGuard packaging will keep more than six million plastic bottles from ending up in oceans, natural habitats and landfills each year, claims Rainbow Light.
The company said that nearly 30 million tons of virgin (non-recycled) plastic are generated annually, requiring more than 1.5 million barrels of oil for production. Of the vast amount, less than two million tons of plastic are recovered for recycling. Furthermore, only a small amount of the plastic that is recovered is actually reused due to low demand for it.
EcoGuard vitamin bottles are FDA-approved for safety, with labels made from renewable plant resources and no adhesives, which can disrupt the recycling process. By reusing plastics, EcoGuard vitamin bottles not only reduce the amount of virgin plastic that is generated, they also keep plastic bottles out of landfills, do not deplete fossil fuels, and make use of the plastics that have been collected for recycling.
Recycling one ton of plastic saves 7.4 cubic yards of landfill space. Reusing plastics that have already been manufactured is one way of decreasing plastic debris found in landfills, oceans and natural habitats. 90% of ocean debris is plastic.