The store also features a number of products by Preserve. "I sell them because I want to support the company," Reimers says. Food-grade number five plastic is one of the least reused plastics (less than two percent of recycled number five plastics in the U.S. are made into other things, Reimers says). Preserve is among the few companies using the material, which it does to create items ranging from colanders to tooth brushes. Photo 6 of 12 in Kristi Reimers of Eco Carmel by Miyoko Ohtake

Kristi Reimers of Eco Carmel

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The store also features a number of products by Preserve. "I sell them because I want to support the company," Reimers says. Food-grade number five plastic is one of the least reused plastics (less than two percent of recycled number five plastics in the U.S. are made into other things, Reimers says). Preserve is among the few companies using the material, which it does to create items ranging from colanders to tooth brushes.