Better for you and the environment
In the UK we throw away enough plastic water bottles to fill Wembley stadium twice over every year! And when you consider that when not recycled each bottle takes up to 450 years to decompose in landfill sites it’s an unsustainable habit we have to kick!
One of the major issues surrounding water bottles is not only that they take up to 450 years to decompose, it is the fact there is a severe shortage of landfill space. This sadly means it can often end up in the ocean in what is commonly referred to as the ‘Great Pacific Garbage Patch’.
The patch is characterised by exceptionally high concentrations of plastics, chemical sludge and other debris that has been trapped by the currents of the North Pacific, floating around on the wind and tide becoming a huge source of pollution in the water.
The garbage patch occupies a large and relatively stationary region of the North Pacific Ocean and as material is captured in the currents, wind-driven surface currents gradually move floating debris toward the centre, trapping it in the region. Estimates of size range from 270,000 sq mi to more than 5,800,000 sq mi (0.41% to 8.1% of the size of the Pacific Ocean), or, in some media reports, up to ‘twice the size of the continental United States’.
So although recycling does not cure the impact on our planet that bottled water produces, at least by using the T6 water dispenser you will enjoy purified water that is as clear as your conscience!
Energy requirements of bottled water
It is not just the transportation miles that you have to consider when creating bottled water, it is the energy used too.
- Energy is required to make, package, transport, chill and recycle bottled water and its packaging.
- It requires 3.4 mega-joules of energy to make a 1 litre bottle, cap and packaging
- One litre of bottled water produces 3 times its weight in CO2
The result of this is that each plastic bottled of water requires a quarter of its size in oil which is a precious natural resource. To produce 1 litre of bottled water it is estimated it requires 3 litres of water and 1/4 a litre of oil.
Now there’s an easy way to tackle the problem. Strauss Water gives you a cleaner, greener and easier alternative...the T6. Built from high quality parts to ensure long-lasting performance and with its control over water temperatures, dispensed cup sizes and machine ‘wake up’ and ‘sleep’ times it lowers the impact significantly on water wastage and squandered energy.
Water miles
The journey taken for a bottle of water to reach you is staggering.
- The water from the spring is transported to a bottling plant
- From there it is delivered to factories where it is processed and bottled into bottles made from petroleum products ( which are often produced elsewhere and transported to the factory)
- The packaged products are then shipped around the globe before being warehoused
- Then finally delivered to retail stores and customers
The food commission has found that some water has travelled more than 10,000 miles to reach a UK consumer. Every extra mile it travels uses more fossil fuels and adds more carbon dioxide emissions.
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