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When the new HSBC headquarters building was built in Canary Wharf, London, the supply of bottled water for meeting and dining rooms was recognised as a major cost and significant use of raw materials. An estimated annual cost of supplying the more than 700 one-litre bottles of water consumed daily would be US$227,000.
In order to offset this cost and reduce CO2 emissions resulting from bottle production and transportation, a bottling plant was installed in the basement of the building. Bottles have been purchased and branded and are reused, reducing the amount of energy and raw materials needed to produce new ones. They are cleaned with a steam system and refilled with filtered mains water.
The plant set up was US$46,000 and annual running and maintenance costs are US$29,000 per year – giving significant savings.
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