After 18 months of research, the Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company is introducing environmentally friendly water bottles at its North American hotels, as well as select Caribbean properties. The hotel company partnered with Prima to create a co-branded 16-oz. bottle that is made 100 percent from plants; it can decompose in 30 days in a commercial composting facility or can be reprocessed and remade 100 percent into new bottles. Manufacturing the new bottle requires 49 percent fewer fossil fuels, 45 percent less energy, and 75 percent fewer greenhouse gases than a traditional PET bottle, according to Ritz-Carlton.
“This revolutionary new water bottle product reflects the Ritz-Carlton commitment to continuously seek opportunities to innovate and improve as we look to be the leaders in the hospitality industry’s efforts at sustainability and conservation,” says president and COO Simon Cooper.
