Mission.
Elimate the use of single-use plastic water bottles in offices, restaurants & hotels in the GCC.
Vision.
At Sprudel, we are dedicated to pioneering sustainable, innovative water purification solutions that contribute to a healthier planet and community. We commit to excellence in quality, safety, and customer satisfaction, striving to educate and engage with our community to reduce the environmental impact of single-use plastic. Together, we are not just providing water; we are nurturing a movement towards a sustainable and plastic-free future.
Disrupting the UAE bottled water industry since 2014….
Values.
Innovation: Pioneering with purpose, we embrace cutting-edge technologies and creative solutions to lead the Point-of-use water dispenser industry forward.
Excellence: Striving for the highest standards, we ensure that every product, service, and interaction reflects our commitment to quality and perfection.
Diversity and Inclusion: Celebrating the rich tapestry of cultures and perspectives within our team and community, we foster an environment where everyone feels valued and empowered.
Sustainability: Acting with responsibility towards our planet, we implement eco-friendly practices and strive to make a positive environmental impact.
Integrity: Conducting our business with honesty and transparency, we build trust with our customers, employees, and community.
Quick facts.
Only 1 out of 5 plastic bottles is recycled. The rest just become litter or get buried somewhere.
3 liters of water is used to package 1 bottle of water.
The energy used to manufacture bottled water can power 190,000 homes.
Around 8 million metric tons of plastic end up in our oceans every year. That’s the equivalent of a garbage truck emptying plastic into the ocean every single minute.
It can take 1 PET plastic bottle 450 years or longer to start decomposing.
Plastic water bottles are petroleum based. In the U.S alone, it takes 1.5 million barrels of oil to meet the demands.
Antimony, which causes dizziness, depression and even death can be found in PET plastic bottles.
In the year 2050, plastic in our oceans will outweigh fish. The World Economic Forum predicts that the ocean will contain around 937 million tons of plastic and only 895 million tons of fish.
More than 100 million plastic bottles are used worldwide every day.
An estimated 1,500 plastic bottles end up as waste in landfills or thrown in the ocean every second.
Plastic bottles also contain Bisphenol A which has been linked to obesity, diabetes and cancer.
Its estimated that around 13 billion plastic bottles are used in the UK every year. Unfortunately only around 7.5 billion of which are recycled. The remaining 5.5 billion end up in landfills or the ocean.
90% of the cost of bottled water is due to the packaging, not the water quality.
There’s an area in the Pacific Ocean 8 times the size of the UAE - known as The Great Pacific Garbage Patch – which is composed of plastic.
Some plastic bottles may be BPA-Free but there are chemicals in the bottles, such as phthalates, which can seep into the drink and be harmful to your health.
By 2021, the consumption of plastic bottles is set to hit half a trillion every year. This far outstrips recycling efforts and will massively jeopardise our environment and the planets oceans.
The numbers.
156
The number of plastic bottles an average person uses per year.
1,500
plastic bottles are thrown away every second of every day.
1 million
plastic bottles are purchased worldwide every minute.
300 million
tons of plastic waste is produced each year across the world.
7.7 billion
plastic water bottles are used in the UK each year.
480 billion
plastic bottles were bought across the world during 2019.
13 billion
bottles are used each year in the UK, with just 57% being recycled.
91%
of the world’s plastic bottles are not recycled.
2050
The year when there will be more plastic in the oceans than there are fish according to environmental scientists.
8 million
tons of plastic end up in the worlds oceans each year.
50 billion
water bottles are sold in the US every year.
2021
the year when the consumption of plastic bottles is set to hit half a trillion bottles every year.
How much plastic does the world produce?
In 1950 the world produced only 2 million tonnes per year. Since then, annual production has increased nearly 200-fold, reaching 381 million tonnes in 2015. For context, this is roughly equivalent to the mass of two-thirds of the world population.
The chart below shows global plastics production, 1950 to 2015
How much plastic has the world produced cumulatively?
The chart shows that by 2015, the world had produced 7.8 billion tonnes of plastic — more than one tonne of plastic for every person alive today.
Which sectors produce the most plastic?
To which industries and product uses is primary plastic production allocated? In the chart below we see plastic production allocation by sector for 2015. Packaging was the dominant use of primary plastics, with 42 percent of plastics entering the use phase. Building and construction was the second largest sector utilizing 19 percent of the total.
How long does it take plastics to break down?
Many plastics are defined as non-degradable, meaning they fail to decompose and are instead broken down into smaller and smaller particles. Materials can slowly break down through photodegradation (from UV radiation). Estimated decomposition times for plastics and other common marine debris items are shown in the chart below.
Plastic bottles take an estimated 450 years.
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(4) U.S. National Park Service; Mote Marine Lab, Sarasota, FL; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Marine Debris Program
Plastic waste generation per person, 2010
Daily plastic waste generation per person, measured in kilograms per person per day. This measures the overall per capita plastic waste generation rate prior to waste management, recycling or incineration. It does not therefore directly indicate the risk of pollution to waterways or marine environments.
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