Go Green

The "Go Green" Movement

While promoting an image of health and vitality, bottled water companies burn millions of barrels of oil and generate millions of tons of greenhouse gasses in the manufacturing, processing and transporting of their products. Additionally, an estimated 38 billion non-biodegradable plastic water bottles are tossed into our landfills annually. Aqua-Extreme works in association with New York City’s “Go Green” campaign in efforts to eliminate the use of bottled water in the work place.

Aqua-Extreme is also a proud member of the ECOCHAMBER, a Global Chamber of Commerce focused on helping green businesses prosper while promoting environmentally-responsible legislations.

About Bottled Water

First, bulk water is transported from remote sources. Then the water is processed and packaged to bottles made from Petroleum products. At that point, the packaged bottles are shipped around globe and across town to your destination. Experts say that in order to manufacture 1 yr supply of plastic bottles it equates to 1 million cars of fuel for a year and generate 2.5 million tons of carbon emissions. This does not include the gas it takes to deliver the bottles to your doorstep

About Bottled Water

Bottle- LESS systems that provide 5 filters inside the unit that protects the water youare drinking by means of ultra purifying process keeping the water fresh and pure.This equates to the elimination of the 5 Gallon Bottles that are made and producedfrom plastics and petroleum.
No More Truck Deliveries: No need to drive to your hotel and deliver bottles. Thiseliminates the gas and no emission or pollution problem.
The tank of the System: Unlike bottled water coolers, our system tanks are stainlessSteel and not plastic which will protect your water from bacteria to grow inside.
Energy Savings: a basic bottled Water Cooler uses 500-600V for energy. Aqua Systemsuses 400V for energy.
Compressor: LG compressor that helps save energy due to a valve inside called SOLvalve. This valve calculates when to send out the water to he tank and when to stop.It helps the compressor to function only when needed. It reduces the amount of energyneeded in the system.

Green Allinces

As a Green business member, Aqua Extreme has a joint alliance with ECOCHAMBER, a Global Chamber of Commerce focused on helping green businesses prosper while promoting environmentally-responsible legislations. (you can log on to www.ecochamber.com )

What We Offer :

The Directory compiles the most up to date directory of businesses and entities that have pledged and make steps towards being more environmentally friendly.
Recognition of Membership Level in the GREENetwork Directory.
Ecomembership Certificate: This certificate can be placed on the members Website, business card or other marketing materials to showcase their commitment to the environment.

Education & information : Knowledge is the most powerful and effective path to create, achieve and increase eco-changes and sustainable profitability in small business, non profits and companies.

Access to a step by step guide to become an environmentally friendly organization.
Receive updates regarding current events in your industry.
Receive a Quarterly Green Zone newsletter.

Savings :

Access to our “Becoming Eco Friendly Guide” to simple ways you can help erase more of your own carbon footprint and profit.
Access to our Members Only Discounts.

All of Aqua Extreme clients will have all the benefits, and more, from our certified Green Alliance EcoChamber, and all certifications that come along with it.

Articles

The Effects of Bottled Water on the Environment

It is hard to argue the fact that waste management has become a large problem in the world, with landfills growing to enormous sizes and recycling rates remaining dismally low. The number of plastic bottles produced by the bottled water industry and subsequently discarded by consumers has only exacerbated this problem.

According to a 2001 report of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), roughly 1.5 million tons of plastic are expended in the bottling of 89 billion liters of water each year.

Besides the sheer number of plastic bottles produced each year, the energy required to manufacture and transport these bottles to market severely drains limited fossil fuels. Bottled water companies, due to their unregulated use of valuable resources and their production of billions of plastic bottles have presented a significant strain on the environment.

The authors of the WWF report suggested that water bottles be washed and reused in order to lessen their negative impact on the environment. Unfortunately, reusing plastic bottles further compromises the quality of the water, due to the fact that more and more phthalate leaches its way into the water as the bottle gets older. In another suggestion, the authors recommended that bottled water companies use local bottling facilities in order to lessen fuel expenditures for transportation needs. Regrettably, local bottling further compromises water quality due to the reduced health standards for in-state bottled water production and consumption. It seems there is no feasible solution to this problem. The bottled water industry causes a severe strain on the environment, but solutions to this environmental damage significantly lessen the quality of water in the bottles.

Bottled water, due to several factors, is clearly not a healthier or purer alternative to tap water. Also, bottled water is outrageously expensive when compared to the cost per gallon of tap water. If one is choosing only between tap water and bottled water, tap water is plainly the more economical, and, in many cases, the healthier choice. Despite this assertion, tap water does not remain without its problems.

The concerns over the quality and safety of tap water that sparked the growth of the bottled water industry are still entirely present.

Tap water is nowhere near free from dangerous contaminants.

The most recent and innovative solution to the problems of low water quality has come about in the age of water filters.

Water filters currently provide the best and healthiest solution to the problems of both bottled water and tap water.

Water filters remove more dangerous contaminants than any other purification method, and they are uniquely designed to work with municipally treated water. The water they produce is not subject to phthalate contamination, and they are able to remove cryptosporidium from drinking water, a feat that neither municipal water treatment plants nor bottled water companies have yet managed. Also, drinking filtered water is a much more economical practice than drinking bottled water. The pure water product of a water filter costs very little more than untreated tap water. Furthermore, because water filters use no more energy than is already required to propel water through a home’s plumbing system, they circumvent several of the environmental problems of the bottled water industry.

At this point in time, there is simply no better choice-for purity and economy-than filtered water.

References:

Golub, Catherine. (2001). Liquid assets: Is bottled water really better than what’s on tap? Environmental Nutrition, 24 (9).
Potera, Carol. (2002). The price of bottled water. Environmental Health Perspectives, 110 (2). Shermer, Michael. (2003). Bottled twaddle. Scientific American, 289 (1).