The basic standard has been raised and all schools are challenged to do more to go green, conserve resources, and take steps to make it easier for students to do the same.
Sustainability and plastic consumption
I
n today’s ever-
Nowhere is this more prevalent than in
pany to introduce the industry-leading
the education space – spanning from
ezH2O Bottle Filling Stations, in direct
elementary schools to colleges and
response to consumer demands and
universities. Many schools have fully
the growing concerns regarding the
developed
initiatives
environmental impact of bottled water.
and are actively looking to implement
Before ezH2O, standard drinking foun-
additional environmentally-conscious
tains found at most education facilities
programs
ba-
weren’t designed for filling water bot-
sic standard has been raised and all
tles. Now, the ezH2O units benefit stu-
from the cars we drive,
schools are challenged to do more to
dents who carry reusable water bottles,
to the products we
go green, conserve resources, and take
allowing them to refill throughout the
steps to make it easier for students to
day, rather than throwing away mul-
consume – our collective
do the same.
tiple plastic bottles a day.
impact on the environment
At Elkay, we’re fully committed to pro-
Elkay’s ezH2O also feature the sig-
is a growing priority.
tecting the environment, schools and
nature Green Ticker, which logs the
communities in which we work and live
number of plastic water bottles saved –
through an ever-present commitment
empowering students and faculty alike
to conservation and sustainability. In
to get excited about sustainability. By
fact, in 2010, Elkay was the first com-
showing the real-time impact of reus-
changing world, consumers are looking for
sustainable improvements to their everyday life –
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sustainability
and
products.
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