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Preserve's parent company, Recycline, was founded in 1996 by Eric Hudson. Hudson collaborated with dentists and industrial designers to design the
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caps. Consumers can drop off their clean, rigid plastics stamped with a “5” at any Gimme 5 station nationwide. Berry
Plastics, Whole Foods and Preserve manage all of the collection and recycling. As a result of the program, Whole Foods recycled nearly 300,000 pounds of No. 5 plastics in 2012.
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Preserve sources the plastic used to make their products from both individuals looking to recycle and companies collecting #5 plastic. The company uses the recycled polypropylene plastic - most notably sourced from yogurt and hummus containers - to create
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