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Mountain man's green bottles

That’s green as in planet-friendly packaging. Founder David Zutler is chief executive officer of BIOTA Brands of America Inc., Telluride, CO, which introduced for retail sale in October the world’s first water in bottles made of polylactide, or PLA, a polymer derived from corn that’s commercially compostable.

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PW: How did you get started on this quest?

Zutler: Having spent more than 28 years in the Rocky Mountains as I did, it’s only natural to be conscious of the environment. I planned to get into the bottled water industry years ago, yet I was concerned that bottles were not being recycled and ended up in landfills instead. Only 20% of PET bottles are recycled, and 95 billion PET bottles went into U.S. landfills in 2003. I started looking for a better bottle back in 1996.

PW: What about bottle costs?

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