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Media Release

The Photo is from the left, Harry Troedel, Sustainability Manager, University of Melbourne. Me Brendan Lynch, aquaBUBBLER and Sharyn Honey Lowe from Do Something!

CONGRATULATIONS TO MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY AS THE FIRST CAMPUS IN VICTORIA TO GO WATER BOTTLE FREE

“Aquabubbler congratulates Melbourne University, Southbank campus as the first in Victoria to allow it’s students to avoid the use of expensive and polluting single use water bottles, said Brendan Lynch of Aquabubbler

“Aquabubbler is pleased to have been a partner in this environmental and health project, providing the new drinking fountains that includes a bottle refill tap, said Lynch

“Melbourne University joins 800 other educational institutions in Victoria in upgrading their drinking fountains in the last few years with Aquabubbler units, said Lynch

“There is clearly something going on with schools, Uni’s and councils wanting to demonstrate sustainability and moving away from the unnecessary consumption of plastic water bottles and we are happy to be part of this shift, said Lynch

For further information

Brendan Lynch

M: 0437 337 343
www.aquabubbler.com.au

The aquabubbler has been introduced in the media release.

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Kew Primary School invests in healthy Kids and healthy planet

Monday 13 July, 2009 – Kew Primary School today installed a collection of new multi-function aquaBUBBLERS as part of a national trend for healthier kids and a move away from bottled water.

“The old school drinking troughs have become more like rubbish bins and bird baths and the kids have stopped using them,” said Kew Primary School principal, Graham Pratt.

“We know that healthy kids need water and buying water in bottles is both expensive and an environmental problem. Plastic bottles are reported to be one of the most common items of rubbish picked up every year on Clean Up Australia Day*, said Mr Pratt.

“We did our research and knew that we wanted our drinking fountains to be attractive to students and to provide a water bottler filler facility, that’s why we chose the aquaBUBBLER drinking fountain, as this was the only product that provided a drink bottler filler,” said Mr Pratt.

Facts

Producing and delivering a litre of bottled water can emit hundreds of times more greenhouse gases than a litre of tap water*.

According to the Australasian Bottled Water Institute, Australians spent about $500 million on bottled water in 2008, a 10 per cent increase in 2007.

Department of Environment and Climate Change estimates that 200ml of oil is used to produce, package, transport and refrigerate each litre bottle of bottled water. As a result, at least 50 million litres of oil is used in the manufacture and distribution of bottled water in Australia every year.

Bottle water consumed by Australians last year was responsible for more than 60,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions – the same amount 13,000 cars generate in 12 months.

Further information: Kew Primary School principal, Graham Pratt 9853 8325

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/panorama/7247130.stm
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