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How does SodaStream help the environment?

SodaStream is an "Active Green" product, meaning that consumers are actively reducing their CO2 footprint every time they make carbonated drinks or sparkling water at home instead of buying it from the supermarket. The more the system is used on a daily basis, the more CO2 footprint the user actively saves. (This differs from "Passive Green" products, which use green-friendly production processes, but their products are not inherently helping the consumers save on their daily footprint.)

Because SodaStream uses water straight from the tap, the system makes traditional store-bought beverage bottles obsolete. That means less plastic manufactured, less plastic waste is created, and fewer bottled beverages must be transported from manufacturers to distributors to stores to homes.

Globally, 206 billion litres of bottled water were consumed in 2008 (Zenith International Global Bottled Water Report, 2008). The energy required to make water bottles in the US only, is equivalent to 17 million barrels of oil (Container Recycling Institute, 2002).

In the UK, on average every household uses 500 plastic bottles each year, of which just 130 are recycled and 11% of household waste is plastic, 40% of which is plastic bottles. Source : www.recycle-more.co.uk

Bottled Water Is Bad For The Environment:

Our daily bottled water habit is bad for people and bad for the environment. Bottled water wastes fossil fuels and water in production and transport, and when the water is drunk the bottles become a major source of waste. It takes 450 years for one plastic bottle to break down. For more information, please see www.worldwithoutbottles.com.

One SodaStream gas cylinder makes 60 litres, equivalent to 180 aluminium cans or 30 large PET bottles!