WTN Services Green Tip #2 The Bottled Water Debate…
Over 60 million bottles a day are being tossed into U.S. landfills, where they can take up to 1,000 years to biodegrade according to Planet Friendly. Producing those bottles burns through 1.5 million barrels of crude oil annually–enough fuel to keep 100,000 cars running for a year. Recycling helps but a better answer is to use less bottled water. Wineries, retailers and fulfillment companies such as WTN Services all play a role and can have a positive impact in using less bottled water and helping our environment.
Two reasons for your company to turn on the tap and wean away from bottled water…
1. Tap water is tested daily and may be safer for your employees and clients.
Under the Safe Drinking Water Act, water suppliers are required to provide an annual report on the quality of your local water and to test tap water daily. By comparison, the FDA examines bottled water only weekly, and consumers can’t get the agency’s results. You can easily get the lowdown on your state’s drinking water quality at http://www.epa.gov/safewater/dwinfo/index.html . If you are still concerned, your water vendor can supply a filtration and cooling system to your tap water providing additional filtering.
2. Tap water is a bargain and can have a margin impact on your company.
Bottled water costs about 500 times more than tap. If you’re into brand labels, up to 1,000 times more. The purchase, disposal and handling of those bottles can impact your profits without even realizing it. Run your tap water through a filter to remove most tastes and odors. The average filter goes produces the filtered water for about $0.03 cents a bottle, versus the $1.25 or so you’d pay in a market.
WTN Services™ made the environmentally sensitive decision to use less bottled water when possible. By installing a filtration and cooling system that connects direct to the tap instead of purchasing pallets of bottled water, our employees and visitors get the benefit of safe, filtered, chilled water. We can all feel good about the fact when drinking water at WTN we are lowering our environmental footprint on Napa and doing our part to limit contents that could end in the landfill.
February 27th, 2008 at 7:55 pm
Good for you. But I still don’t see the need for water filters in most cases. Granted there are parts of the bay area where there’s a distinct chlorine whiff to the water, but for the most part the water here is as clean tasting and refreshing as I’ve tasted anywhere in the world.
If you get chance, check out Penn & Teller’s segment on bottled water from their Showtime series. Very funny.