Post by account_disabled on Mar 16, 2024 3:27:26 GMT
Klean Kanteen and water purification company Steripen have joined a campaign to reduce plastic waste left by travelers.
Seattle-based travel companies Crooked Trails and Wildland Adventures founded the global initiative called Travelers Against Plastic (TAP) late last week. The campaign intends to spread awareness about the impacts of disposable plastic water bottles and garner support from outbound tour operators to have their clients carry re-useable water bottles and a Steripen or filtering system the next time they travel abroad.
Crooked Trails executive director Chris Mackay CG Leads says Americans who travel abroad each year use — and likely discard — more than . billion plastic bottles.
The travel groups say the problem is compounded in developing counties by the lack of recycling facilities. Some . million US visitors traveled to Mexico in January and February. Only about one-eighth of the . million plastic water and soft drink bottles emptied each day in Mexico get recycled, according to the companies.
In addition to leaving plastic waste behind, the bottled water industry uses three times more water than it produces, taking a toll on wells in rural communities by draining aquifers, lowering lake levels and hurting wetlands, Wildland Adventures CEO Kurt Kutaysays.
Klean Kanteen will donate a portion of the sale of every TAP bottle back to the initiative.
The Steripen uses ultraviolet light to eliminate more than . per cent of bacteria, viruses and protozoa that cause water-borne illness, according to the company. One Steripen can clean up to , bottles of water.
The TAP campaign is the latest effort in a country-wide push to promote reusable water bottles and curb plastic waste. Last month, reusable water pouch maker Vapur and stainless steel sink company Elkay partnered to install water-bottle refilling stations on campuses across the US. The companies say billions of bottles of water are consumed globally every year, and less than percent are recycled.
As of last March, in a move that may hurt the $ billion US packaged-water industry, more than educational institutions including Brown, Harvard and the University of Vermont had banned the sale of or restricted use of plastic water bottles on campus.
Concord, Mass., as of Jan. , made illegal the sale of single-serving plastic water bottles under a new law that will fine stores up to $ for violating the ban.
Seattle-based travel companies Crooked Trails and Wildland Adventures founded the global initiative called Travelers Against Plastic (TAP) late last week. The campaign intends to spread awareness about the impacts of disposable plastic water bottles and garner support from outbound tour operators to have their clients carry re-useable water bottles and a Steripen or filtering system the next time they travel abroad.
Crooked Trails executive director Chris Mackay CG Leads says Americans who travel abroad each year use — and likely discard — more than . billion plastic bottles.
The travel groups say the problem is compounded in developing counties by the lack of recycling facilities. Some . million US visitors traveled to Mexico in January and February. Only about one-eighth of the . million plastic water and soft drink bottles emptied each day in Mexico get recycled, according to the companies.
In addition to leaving plastic waste behind, the bottled water industry uses three times more water than it produces, taking a toll on wells in rural communities by draining aquifers, lowering lake levels and hurting wetlands, Wildland Adventures CEO Kurt Kutaysays.
Klean Kanteen will donate a portion of the sale of every TAP bottle back to the initiative.
The Steripen uses ultraviolet light to eliminate more than . per cent of bacteria, viruses and protozoa that cause water-borne illness, according to the company. One Steripen can clean up to , bottles of water.
The TAP campaign is the latest effort in a country-wide push to promote reusable water bottles and curb plastic waste. Last month, reusable water pouch maker Vapur and stainless steel sink company Elkay partnered to install water-bottle refilling stations on campuses across the US. The companies say billions of bottles of water are consumed globally every year, and less than percent are recycled.
As of last March, in a move that may hurt the $ billion US packaged-water industry, more than educational institutions including Brown, Harvard and the University of Vermont had banned the sale of or restricted use of plastic water bottles on campus.
Concord, Mass., as of Jan. , made illegal the sale of single-serving plastic water bottles under a new law that will fine stores up to $ for violating the ban.