Eco Friendly Bottleless Water Purification

Replacing bottled water with Pure Water Distributor's Hyundai POU units significantly reduces negative impact on the environment. Our bottleless systems don't require shipping heavy bottles around the country.

The Lifecycle of bottled water

  1. Bulk water is usually transported by truck from a remote water source
  2. The water is processed in a facility and then packaged into plastic bottles made from petroleum products.
  3. Packaged water is then shipped around the globe via air truck and train
  4. Bottles are warehoused and delivered by truck to retail stores and local customers
  5. Most bottles find their way to garbage bins and eventually landfill sites due to the neglect or lack of recycling facilities

The Facts

Pure Water Distributors bottleless Hyundai water filtration products are state of the art water technology systems designed to replace bottled water and promote a positive effect on the environment by:

  1. Reducing fuel consumption resulting in co2 emissions
  2. Eliminating plastics from bottles which have a very short lifespan
  3. Eliminating detergents used in cleaning bottles for reuse
  4. Eliminating large water trucks helping with traffic congestion in cities

 

The Facts - bottled water

  • The world Wildlife Foundation estimates that 1.5 million tons of plastic are used globally each year for water bottles
  • According to the Earth Policy Institute 30 million barrels of oil are required to make plastic bottles per year, enough to fuel 100,000 vehicles for over a year.
  • According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) , bottled waters do not have any greater nutritive value than tap water
  • Delivering bottled water from distant places burn fossil fuels and result in the release of thousands of tons of harmful emissions.
  • 22 million tons of bottled liquid is transferred each year from their country of origin, transported by boat, air train and ground transport.
  • Bottled water that is shipped and/or stored cold requires additional energy.
  • Large amounts of energy are used in water bottling plants throughout the US and the world.
  • Energy is required to remove the empty bottles in the form of recycling or trash.
  • Bottled water may be no safer, or healthier than tap water in many countries while selling for 1000 times the price.
  • Typically 90% or more of the cost paid by bottled water consumers goes to things other than the water itself. Bottling, packaging, shipping, marketing, retailing, other expenses, and profit.
  • According to the climate action network, when some plastic bottles are incinerated along with other trash, as is the practice in many municipalities, toxic chlorine (and potentially a dioxin)is released into the air while heavy metals deposit in the ash.
  • The Container recycling institute (CRI) estimates that supplying the US bottled water market for 1 year consumes more than 1.5 million barrels of oil, which is enough to generate electricity for 250,000 homes or enough to fuel 100,000 vehicles for an entire year.
  • The CRI estimates that 90% of plastic water bottles end up as either garbage or litter.
  • Plastic accounts for 25% of the total volume of materials sent to landfills every year and plastic bottles can take as long as 1000 years to biodegrade.
  • Tap water is distributed through an energy efficient infrastructure.
  • Approximately 40% of all bottled water starts as tap water.
  • Less than 5 % of plastic waste is recycled each year.

 

Sources:

*Ferrier, Catherin. “Bottled Water”
* Germacimos, Ann. “ Land Full of Bottles”
* Howard, Brian. “Message in a Bottle”
* CNNs All about Plastics
* Arnold, Emily. “Bottled Water”