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Filled
with
Love
Placing Bottle
Filling
Stations
around the
University of
Arizona
Campus
Sydney Beke, Brittney Smith, Annie Mielke
So why should we stop
using disposable plastic bottles?
• The U.S. manufactures 2.6 tons of plastic for water bottles
• Producing 1 kg of PET, a product used in making plastic
water bottles, uses 17.5 kg of water.
• 47 million tons of water are used per year to
manufacture plastic water bottles in the US.
Valuable Resources Large amounts of resources are needed to produce
disposable plastic water bottles
• It’s estimated that 250 grams of
greenhouse gases are released per bottle of
imported water due to the amount of oil used to
make the bottle and ship it.
• Plastic water bottle production for the US takes
1.5 million barrels of oil per year.
Valuable Resources
What happens to
bottles that don‟t get
recycled?
• They end up in landfills and oceans
• harmful chemicals in the bottles can be absorbed
by groundwater
• Birds, fish, and other animals can die by
consuming plastic debris
• It can take thousands of years for the plastic to
decompose
• Some scientists believe the plastic never fully
decomposes.
Almost 88 percentof plastic water
bottles don‟t get recycled.
Cost
How much we spend
• Of students who did not regularly use a reusable water bottle, they purchased 6 bottles and spent an average of
almost $5 per week • This means the average student who does not use a
refillable bottle spends almost $260 on drinking water in one year.
1 Gallon of Water (purchased from a vending machine)
1 Gallon of Gas (in Tucson)
$8 $2.97
Chemical Concerns
• Disposable water bottles are made from PET
• A study in Germany found evidence that PET may contain estrogenic compounds
• These compounds may have an adverse affect hormones and reproduction
• The leaching of these chemicals into the water may be intensified as water temperature raises (such as when left in the back of a hot car)
Chemical Concerns
While the evidence did not prove
that PET plastic is harmful or not,
scientists stated that consumers
might want “to reconsider how safe
the so-called „safe‟ plastics really
are.”
What are they?
Bottle Filling Stations
Refillable water bottle stations, by Elkay, efficiently refill a reusable water bottle due to their design. The stations produce water more
quickly than water fountains and are more sanitary due to their touch-free sensors The stations can be put indoors or outdoors,
making them easily accessible. Elkay offers several different models, some specifically designed for only refilling a reusable
water bottle and some that also include a traditional water drinking fountain.
Elkay
EZH20
Retro Kit
Model
Elkay EZH20 Retro
Kit Model
• Wall mount
• Hands free
• Flow rate of up to 8 GPH
• Filtered and non-filtered options
• Non-filtered: $634
• Filtered: $699
The Elkay
EZH2O-
VRCGRN8
Combo
model (and Filtered EZH2O-
LVRCGRN8 Combo)
• Wall mount
• Utilizes both the refillable water bottle feature and the drinking fountain feature
• Flow rate is 8 GPH
• Offered in both filtered and non-filtered options
• Non-filtered: $1,612
• Filtered: $1,780
The Elkay
Outdoor
Bottle Filler
LK4400BF
model
• Wall mount
• Push to operate
• Non-filtered
• Flow rate is 0 GPH
• Price: $2,887
The Elkay Outdoor Bottle
Filler LK4400BF model
The Elkay
Outdoor
Bottle Filler
LK4400BF
model
• Floor mount
• Push to operate
• Non-filtered
• Flow rate is 0 GPH
• Price: $3,605
The Elkay Outdoor
Bottle Filler LK4400BF
model
The Elkay
Outdoor
Bottle Filler
LK4410BF
model
• Floor mount
• Utilizes both refillable water bottle station feature and drinking fountain feature
• Push to operate
• Non-filtered
• Flow rate is 0 GPH
• Price: $4,007
Where would they go?
• High traffic areas
• The most common responses from students were:
– The Student Union
– Harvill
– Koffler
– The Mall
– Near Bike Paths
– The Main Library
– The Rec
– Modern Languages
Student Reactions
• 74% of students surveyed use a refillable
bottle
• 94% of those students would use a
filling station
• 92% of students (this with and those without a
refillable bottle) would use the filling
stations
Feasibility This project would be a simple step towards the University becoming less dependent on plastic water bottles that are detrimental to the environment; student, faculty, and staff health; and would help people at the university save money. With the addition of a few machines, the use and student interest in them could be measured, and further steps could be taken.
References
• Image 5. OUTDOOR BOTTLE FILLER LK4410BF. elkayusa.com. Referenced 11/29/11.
• Image 4. OUTDOOR BOTTLE FILLER LK4400BF. elkayusa.com. Referenced 11/29/11.
• Image 3. OUTDOOR BOTTLE FILLER LK4400BF. elkayusa.com. Referenced 11/29/11.
• Image 2. EZH2O-VRCGRN8 Combo. elkayusa.com. Referenced 11/29/11.
• Image 1. EZH2O RETRO KIT. elkayusa.com. Referenced 11/29/11.
• www.safewater.org
• www.usatoday.com
• environmentalhealthnews.org
• http://parking.arizona.edu/pdf/maps/campus.pdf
• http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/04/28/water-bottles-health-02.html
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