South Africa: Protea Hotels Phasing Out Plastic Water Bottles

The Protea Hospitality Group (PHG) has started a process to phase out bottled water in its conference facilities and rooms and more than 30 hotels are already using an environmentally-friendly, in-house water purification/bottling system that is reportedly saving thousands of bottles from ending up in landfills daily.

Stats on bottled water is said to indicate that putting a stop the manufacturing of bottled water could save enough oil to power South Africa's cars for an entire year and for every one litre produced, two more litres are wasted in the manufacturing process.

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