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Does Hyatt's New Partnership Hold Water?

by jennm | November 11, 2008 at 9:05 AM | 1 Comment

The road to hell is paved with good intentions as they say. So what to make of Hyatt Hotels & Resorts recent partnership with Natura Water, Inc., then?

Natura is making its water-purification system available across the chain, which dispenses still or sparkling water into “attractive” glass bottles with sealed caps for “presentation to guests” thereby reducing waste and Hyatt’s carbon footprint by utilizing locally sourced water.

At present, Natura is available at restaurants at Hyatt Regency Century Plaza in Los Angeles, Hyatt Regency McCormick Place in Chicago, Hyatt Regency Phoenix, Hyatt Regency Reston in Virginia, Grand Hyatt Dallas Fort Worth and Grand Hyatt New York. Additional Hyatt hotels are expected to begin offering the filtered water over the next several months.

This sounds all green and good, but we’re confused on one thing: are glass bottles all that better than plastic? Forgive us for our environmental ignorance, but it seems to us that people can still choose not to recycle 8 out of 10 bottles—as the Container Recycling Institute says—regardless of whether its made of plastic or glass.

But if we’re completely off base here, we’re sure you’ll let us know about it. We’re not so hellish that we can’t admit when we’re wrong.