About Water
Bottled water is just not socially or environmentally responsible anymore. Don't be left standing…let your company lead the way…bring back tap.
Did you know?
• In comparison to tap water, bottled mineral waters need to be tested for only 13 chemicals and bacteria, which is less than one quarter the number of substances that are tested for in your tap water.
• There is no specific legislation or regulations on Spring Water at all. Just about anyone can go to any water source in the world, bottle the water without doing any kind of analyses, and then call it Natural Spring Water. They can then sell it in shops and the consumer would not even know if it was contaminated.
• 24% of the bottled water on the market is tap water repackaged by Coke and Pepsi (Fast Company, December, 2007).
• The UK consumes 3 billion litres of bottled water a year.
• In 1976, the average American drank 1.6 gallons of bottled water a year. In 2007, that number had increased to an average of 28.3 gallons per person. (Fast Company, December, 2007)
• Switch to tap, you'll save money. Bottled water can be 1500 to 3,000 times more expensive than the equal amount of tap water.You'll help to divert plastic bottles from clogging up the landfills.
• It takes 700 years before 1 plastic bottle will begin to decompose.
• Use reusable stainless steel hydration bottles which are Bisphenol A (BPA) free, a chemical that can potentially migrate into the water from plastic bottles.
It's easier than you think to carry water with you at all times to stay healthy and hydrated, without resorting to plastic water bottles.
A reusable hydration bottle is convenient to refill almost anywhere. With so much choice, there are bpa free stainless steel reusable water bottles that will appeal to every individual's taste.
The tide is turning – unashamedly ask for tap water!!!