About mywaterbottle Campaign
mywaterbottle is a non-profit campaign to encourage more Singaporeans to use their own refillable water bottles, instead of buying or taking single-use bottled water. This campaign is initiated by Green Future Solutions, a Singapore-based business that promotes environmental awareness and action for a green future, through consultancy and our network of green websites. mywaterbottle Goals We aim to achieve the following goals: 1. Create awareness on the environmental impacts of single-use bottled water and encourage people to use refillable water bottles. 2. Show that tap water is safe to drink and tastes just as good as bottled water. 3. Make it easy to choose and buy ...
Environmental Impacts of Single-Use Bottled Water
It takes energy and resources to process, manufacture, transport, refrigerate and dispose single-use bottled water and its packaging. All these activities generate greenhouse gas emissions and create unnecessary waste, just for the sake of drinking clean water from a bottle, which is already available from our tap. In addition, bottled water from aquifers and springs can affect the groundwater levels and disrupt the natural and human communities staying nearby. According to We Want Tap, approximately 2.7 million tons of plastic are used to bottle water each year worldwide, which accounts for approximately 2.5% of the world’s oil consumption. Plastic bottles contribute to ...
Latest Blog Posts
mywaterbottle Refillers: CHOOSE and Papa PalhetaWe welcome two new partners, CHOOSE by Olive Ventures and Papa Palheta, who have signed up to be mywaterbottle refillers and agreed to allow the public to refill their water bottles with free tap water...
Discount for Water Bottles During YOGThe Youth Olympic Games in Singapore is starting tomorrow and we hope that many of you will be joining the games and cheering the athletes. Do remember to drink lots of water and use your own refillable...
LEAN Walk-a-Jog by Singapore Soka AssociationThe Singapore Soka Association is organising LEAN Walk-a-Jog, a walk-a-jog event where participants can also bring their own water bottles for refill at water points. Here are the event info from the organiser: Date...
The Tap Water Challenge #2 – Hwa Chong InstitutionWe conducted our second Tap Water Challenge on 24 May at Hwa Chong Institution. 54 students were asked to taste 2 types of water (without knowing which is which) – one is tap water from the venue,...
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