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Water Wastage

Did you know that most water purification solutions have a very low water recovery rate;

Reverse Osmosis = 4 litres wasted for every one litre produced.
HOD (large bottle exchange) = 2.45 litres wasted for every one litre produced.

Bottled Water Wastage

"Bottled water is a disaster, for several reasons," Jeff Angel, from the Total Environment Centre, says. "First there's the issue of the sustainability of underground aquifers, from where much of the bottled water is drawn. And then there's the carbon footprint. Water is heavy, and transporting it around the world uses a lot of energy.“

A study last year by the Earth Policy Institute in Washington calculated that the bottled water industry in Britain generated about 30,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year in transport alone - equivalent to the annual energy consumption of 6,000 homes. "Tap water is delivered through an energy-efficient infrastructure," Janet Larsen, the institute's director of research, says. "On the other hand, nearly a quarter of all bottled water crosses national boundaries to reach consumers.“

Then there's the packaging. The most commonly used material for making water bottles is polyethylene terephthalate (PET), which is derived from crude oil. According to Larsen, 2.7 million tonnes of plastic are used to bottle water each year. Though PET is made for recycling, nine out of 10 such bottles in the United States end up in landfill - roughly 30 million a day - where they can take up to 1,000 years to biodegrade.

In Australia, just 35% of PET bottles are recycled.

No aquifer deplinishment helps our farmers to irrigate their crops through the use of ground water.

No Plastics, Bottles or Filters

Rainpure water is purified on site, therefore no plastic bottles are used to truck the water to your business or home which is made of PET, derived from crude oil.

The ultimate disposal of used PET bottles will continue to pose yet another environmental risk. Furthermore, because we use no filters, Rainpure users do not have to worry about how to dispose of their old plastic filter cartridges.

Rainpure. It's clearly better for the environment.

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