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PCC Community Markets Further Reduces Use Of Petroleum-Based Plastics

Co-op bans sale of plastic water bottles below one gallon; eliminates sale of nearly 100,000 single-use plastic bottles

Brand Provided | By PCC Community Markets | Published 4 years ago | About a 0 minute read

(SEATTLE, June 30, 2021) – PCC Community Markets (PCC), one of Seattle’s original grocers and the largest community-owned food market in the U.S., announced it has discontinued the sale of plastic bottled water sized below one gallon. This move broadens an earlier PCC ban on single-serve plastic water bottles of 500ml or less and the change will eliminate the sale of roughly 100,000 single-use plastic bottles across PCC’s 15 stores each year.

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