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Hotels Replacing Bottled Water With Filtered – Good or Bad?
Ryan Boyd October 26, 2018
On LoyaltyLobby, writer Sebastian Powell related a story that reveals a larger trend of hotels making the move to replace bottled water with filtered water:
“I stayed at the Element Kuala Lumpur this week which opened last year and while I’m a big fan of that property I’m not sure what to think about not providing bottled water,” Powell writes. “The property has installed the 3M Water Filtering System in all units but only included one single faucet for it at the kitchenette which means if you need filtered water in the bathroom you have to get yourself a cup from the kitchen.”
Powell posted a screenshot of a notice from Westin about the change:
To read more on this story, go to LoyaltyLobby.
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Club Quarters hotels (more for business travelers) have stations where you can fill a water bottle with cold, filtered water on each floor. You can screw on a cap to create a portable water bottle, which you could definitely refill (the mouth doesn't touch any components of the filler, so it is sanitary).
@closecover I don't think anyone here is talking about banning plastic or even plastic bottles. IMO, they're just pointless waste in any municipality with modern water delivery systems. Even in the case of traveling to India, I'd rather use my Sawyer mini filter on tap water than keep dumping plastic bottles in the environment.
I hate water that isn’t bottled as I drink sparkling The end result is a bad product with the cheap awful tasting bad quality carbonation Still water I don’t care either way if it’s filtered but prefer sealed bottles There is no reason that they can’t use glass and recycle Know one would put up with this nonsense if it was wine or beer so it’s a double standard I get there is a reasonable concern about using plastic or aluminum This is all about saving hotels money plain and simple at the end of the day just as the push for reusing towels sheets and duvets I had sheets and linens not changed between numerous guests due to these policies many times Hotels have a horrible reputation for bad cleaning standards so many properties won’t end up changing the water filters at appropriate intervals or clean your drinking glasses except with the toilet cleaning brush And all these programs to some degree are about fattening the hotels bottom line just like resort and destination fees These are to a large degree feel good psychological policies I’d put money on it these same people who implement these policies are likely the most polluting least green folks out that saving the world and planet Not to say we shouldn’t do something to make an improvement How many would go vegetarian to help the world and planet too if hotels implemented it? Meat is bad for the environment and your health
Oh, right - the famous "what about?" rebuttal. As long as anything anywhere is happening that is not environmentally sustainable, we shouldn't try to do a think. smh.
Plastic bottle are not good for your body!