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The entire
manufacturing
process
for our
PerPETuator mops
has a low Using
Hydro-electric power,
environmental
footprint...
According to
Agriculture Canada’s
Key Consumer Trends
for the Bottled Water
Market, in 2019 Canadians
purchased 2.7 billion
litres of bottled water.
recycled
water and harvested
rain water,
What
is PET?
Polyethylene A CBC Report
terephthalate posted January 7, 2020
(abbreviated PET), suggested as
is a thermoplastic much as 79% of plastic
polymer resin of bottles in Canada are
the polyester family. collected for recycling, PET bottles and
PET is most often but many just end post industrial waste
used in synthetic up in landfills.
fibers, as a material
for plastic
bottles/food
Environmental
containers, etc.
Defence, a Canadian
environmental advocacy
organization, claims
that in Ontario alone,
1 Billion Bottles are
discarded annually
threatening the
Great Lakes and It takes 450 years to manufacture
other waterways. for a plastic bottle to premium PET mops
degrade. Recycling and dust mops
plastic bottles takes that degrade
8x less energy than to faster than
produce an equivalent plastic.
amount of new
bottles.