"To fill one liter of water, it takes three or four liters of tap water." In addition, the production of a PET bottle requires crude oil, a raw material whose reserves will eventually be depleted. In Switzerland, we enjoy a privilege that many other countries can only dream of: turning on the tap and enjoying tap water directly! But that doesn't stop us from lugging home liters of packaged water instead, or buying another bottle of water at the kiosk on the way to work.
"It takes three or four liters of tap water to bottle one liter of water." With this statement, Peter Gleick, water expert at the Pacific Institute in San Francisco, emphasizes the immense consumption of tap water for unecological purposes. But the importance of water is shown by the fact that every kind of life depends on it. Now, however, this necessary and therefore valuable commodity is filled into countless plastic bottles every day and sold around the globe. It has long been known that plastic is not a friend of sustainability. The production of a PET bottle requires crude oil, a raw material whose reserves will eventually be depleted. Nevertheless, plastic continues to be produced on a daily basis. This often ends up in the oceans and puts an end to the lives of countless seabirds and fish.In many European countries we enjoy a privilege that many other countries can only dream of: turning on the tap and enjoying tap water directly! But that doesn't stop us from lugging home liters of packaged water instead, or buying another bottle of water at the kiosk on the way to work. But why do we risk an aching back every time we do this, or are simply too comfortable and skillfully ignore the fact that plastic is anything but sustainable? Most of the time, the thought of a more ecological behavior comes only at the sight of a beach littered with plastic on a summer vacation - and with it the guilty conscience, which then quickly evaporates as soon as you are back in the middle of everyday life and reach for the plastic bottle out of sheer habit the next time you go shopping.
With the new NIKIN TreeBottle any excuse for preferring packaged water to tap water is superfluous. Because on the one hand, costs can be saved with the reusable vacuum insulated bottle by deliberately avoiding packaged water when shopping. On the other hand, with little effort and great benefit, everyone can do something for the environment and against the growing mountains of plastic.
The NIKIN TreeBottle thanks you for your contribution to the environment by ensuring that hot drinks actually stay hot for 12 hours, while cold drinks retain their temperature for a whole 24 hours. Thus, it serves as a faithful companion in hot summer months but also in sub-zero temperatures in winter. And last but not least, your back will thank you sooner or later.
So next time, just leave the PET bottle on the shelf and opt for the stainless steel bottle from NIKIN instead. It looks incredibly good anyway!
