The carbon footprint of water

Environment

Putting Eden water's carbon footprint into perspective

water cooler carbon footprintEden Springs, as a low carbon company and the first accredited carbon neutral water cooler company in the UK, are committed to reducing the environmental impact of what we do. However it's important to know how our products perform in relation to other hydration options and popular products. Thanks to our stringent auditing and research process undertaken as part of our journey to become carbon neutral we know exactly what carbon footprint a glass of our water has.

The Carbon footprint of a product is the total greenhouse gases (GHG) emitted, directly or indirectly, during the extraction, production, distribution and consumption of the product. We can see that a glass of Eden water has a carbon footprint of about 1/6 of that of a glass of orange juice, and almost half that of a cup of tea.

Compare the carbon footprints of several day-to-day drinks or services for yourself:

Product Size measured kCO2/size kCO2/litre
Glass of water from an Eden bottled water cooler 20cl 0.03 0.150
Glass of water from an Eden plumbed water cooler 20cl 0.03 0.140
Glass of water from a PET bottle 20cl 0.03 0.360
Glass of Tropicana orange juice 20cl 0.18 0.899
Glass of milk 20cl 0.21 1.040
Coca Cola Classic (glass bottle) 33cl 0.36 1.080
Cup of hot tea 30cl 0.07 0.236
Cup of large cappuccino 20cl 0.24 0.940
Cup of Nespresso coffee 5cl 0.10 1.960
Innocent smoothie 25cl 0.29 1.176
An email normal email 0.004 -
A Google search a Google search 0.002 -
A banana medium size 0.08 -