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Green Scandic Won't Give You Water in Bottles

April 4, 2008 at 11:33 AM | 2 Comments

As part of their big pledge for environmental purity by 2025, the European Scandic Hotels chain has just announced they're going to help the environment even more by stopping their use of bottled water.

In the future, if you want a drink of water in a Scandic Hotel, you'll be able to quench your thirst using tap water that will be chilled and filtered as it comes through the faucet. Scandic says their filtering process will leave in the good minerals and take out any nasty chemicals, and you'll be able to choose from still or carbonated.

The move will save about 160 tons in carbon emissions a year, both by saving in the use of plastic bottles and through the transport costs usually needed to get the bottles to all the hotels. Those Scandinavians seem to have a heap of good ideas about being green, so we'll keep following Scandic on their quest for "environmental purity".

[Photo: Felix Idan]