(Supplychainer.com)
Soft-drink maker Cott, with bottling plants in Columbus and Blairsville, says cutbacks in water usage aren't leaving them dry-mouthed.
CEO Brent Willis, says their type of manufacturing puts back almost as much water it uses:
“It's reverse osmosis water, so it's very clean by the time we're done with it, so it's runoff. And that water then flows back into the Chattahoochee River and is recycled. So 95-percent of the water we pull into the plant goes back into the ecosystem, and the remainder goes into our product.”Willis says the Columbus site sells about 3-million-gallons of cola and fruit-flavored concentrates annually to 60 countries.
The Blairsville plant makes close to 24-million-gallons of bottled water for major clients, Walmart among them.
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