Under pressure for plastic use, Poland Spring to work with UMaine on sustainable packaging

BANGOR DAILY NEWS • September 29, 2020

Water bottler Poland Spring said Tuesday that it is collaborating with the University of Maine to develop bio-based alternative packaging. The move comes as Poland Spring’s parent, the Swiss conglomerate Nestle, looks to sell the Maine company partly because of rising consumer resistance to its plastic bottles. Nestle said in June that it wants to make its entire group of companies, which also includes the Deer Park and Pure Life water brands, carbon-neutral. The process to explore the sale is to conclude in 2021, according to Nestle.