Waterra offers a viable alternative in several areas to bottles and cans for purified water, flavored water, sports drinks, and energy drinks: Waterra provides a way enjoy a delicious, healthy drink while conserving energy and natural resources.
Below are some examples that compare Waterra to the traditional means of producing beverages in bottles and cans:
Oil: It takes about 7 ounces of oil to put a single 500 ml water bottle (16.9 ounces) into your hand – per bottle!! That amount is from the transportation only. It is extracted from the ground, typically not in the U.S. and then transported:
- typically by barge to a refinery
- by boat, rail or barge to be made into plastic pellets
- by truck made into water bottles
- by truck to be filled with filtered water
- by truck to a distribution center
- by truck to a store or vending machine
- by car to your home or business
In addition to the transportation for the bottle, it is estimated that each year, it requires approximately 1.5 million barrels of oil just to make the plastic bottles!
Water: It takes about 5 gallons of water to make one gallon of purified water at a typical bottling plant. The Waterra machine has no drain, so not a drop of water is wasted.
Carbon Emissions: Although the impact of water bottles can be measured in oil, there is also a substantial amount of emissions to the environment to produce, transport, cool and dispose of the bottles. The Pacific Institute estimated that 2.5 million tons of carbon dioxide is released into the environment annually solely for the use of bottled water in the U.S. alone.
Electricity: Compared to a comparably sized vending machine, the Waterra machine uses about 70% – 80% less electricity. The classic vending machine is a large refrigerator, and is loaded with 400 – 500 warm bottles that are kept perpetually cold, 24 hours a day, until the bottles are consumed. Each time a bottle is dispensed, cold air escapes and needs to be replenished requiring electricity. To refill the vending machine, the front is opened allowing all of the cold air to escape, and then the process starts all over again.
The Waterra machine has a very small reservoir that keeps a limited amount of water cold. It uses flash cooling, so it takes about 5 – 10 minutes to completely cool the water, and then shuts off. When a drink is dispensed, only that amount is replenished and chilled. The Waterra machine can be shut off at night when a business or store is closed, and requires no electricity for about half the day.
Waterra provides a solution to the waste that is practiced every day!
Waterra….No Bottles, Just Water.
