Outside temperatures flirting with three digits, humidity that hugs you like a great aunt you haven’t seen since last Christmas, bright sunlight that roasts anything that is under it (including your skin), the news anchors start frying eggs on sidewalks. There’s no denying we are totally in the middle of summer! With all those hot clues comes the absolute need to drink more water! Do you find your recycle bin filling up with lots and lots of disposable plastic bottles? This month we take a look at how using refillable water containers with a multi-gallon jug and water cooler can cut down on your plastic use.
Each 5-gallon jug contains approximately 640 fluid ounces of water. In comparison, a typical 16.9-ounce water bottle holds just that—16.9 ounces. By doing some simple math, you can see the difference this makes: dividing 640 by 16.9 gives us approximately 37.87. This means that one 5-gallon jug can replace nearly 38 individual 16.9-ounce bottles.
If a household consumes one 5-gallon jug per week, they could potentially eliminate over 150 plastic bottles each month. Over the course of a year, this adds up to a staggering 1,900 bottles saved from being manufactured and used. Many people in the East Tennessee area take their own recycling to the processing centers in our area. Those trips would be lighter, and possibly fewer, with cases of water eliminated over a year! We love the way multi-gallon jugs save plastic and other valuable resources, especially time, for our customers.
In addition to the plastic savings, water coolers offer a variety of options for water temperature. Using multi-gallon jugs with water coolers can also save storage and fridge space. Le Bleu East Tennessee offers coolers that provide on-demand hot, cold and room-temperature water. Gone will be the days of storing cases of water inside your fridge because the cooler is always ready to dispense cool, fresh Ultra Pure Water! Many water drinkers prefer room-temperature water, even when those news anchors are frying eggs outside, and a cooler reclaims that pantry space that stores those room-temp bottles!
If you’re nervous about lifting a 5-gallon jug, we also offer 3-gallon jugs that are lighter. Many of our customers prefer them for their lower weight and shorter height, making storing extra jugs a breeze. There are about 22 16.9 ounce bottles in a 3-gallon jug of water, so you’re still saving a lot of plastic bottles with a smaller multi-gallon jug!
Don’t forget that Le Bleu East Tennessee offers delivery service to your door. We will never leave your multi-gallon jugs anywhere else unless you specifically request that we do so. Le Bleu East Tennessee wants to help you hydrate! Do you have more questions about cutting down on plastic bottle waste and freeing up fridge and pantry space? Call us at 865-408-8584 or email us at hello@lebleuwater.com