Sustainability | 5/4/2020
Water dispenser in the company, a healthy and conscious choice
The war on plastic passes from our homes, but also from companies. While reports of damage caused by this material multiply throughout the world - also in the wake of the alarms launched by the young Greta Thunberg - the most environmentally conscious organizations are mobilizing against the abuse of plastic. And they review not only the production methods, but also the lifestyle of the workers.
One of the choices made by Motor Power Company calls employees to action and asks them to eliminate disposable plastic bottles throughout the company. At the same time, filtered and purified water dispensers were installed and reusable bottles made of Tritan PBA free were distributed. With a saving of about 36,300 bottles, which translates into a saving of 1 ton of oil, equal to about 6 barrels (equivalent to the per capita consumption of 6 months of an Italian).
Furthermore, the non-production of bottles saves the equivalent of 8.3 m3 of water (ie the average monthly consumption of an Italian family). An important impact, given that to produce a bottle of water you need ... at least 6.