CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2012
| Author | Ortega Torre, Arturo Eusebio |
|---|---|
| Title | Ways to reduce the consumption of Bottled water at CEU: Analysis of the actual situation and Recommendations |
| Summary | The global consumption of bottled water increase in thirty years in levels that the industry never imagine. The landfills in all the countries are full of plastic bottles and even when recycling is present this use a lot of petrol on the transportation of the plastic bottles because in many cases this are recycled in countries like India and China and the shipped back to the rest of the world. This Master's thesis work aims to provide contribution to understand better the phenomenon of the bottled water making an analysis of how the industry started and evolve to become what is now and the reasons why at the CEU is a common practise. The research take in consideration the regulation to the tap water vs. the ones for the bottled water, where is possible to identify that most of the time tap water is better monitored than bottled water. Also on this thesis is done a series of recommendation of the things that can be done at CEU to reduce the consumption of bottled water, likewise is given an economic evaluation of how much the university expend in bottled water in order to step back and think twice where to spend money. It is concluded that drinking water fountains seems like a good way to replace the use of plastic bottles, but is important to mention that the success of the water fountains at CEU depend of the strategically places where will be installed. Also to it is necessary to start a campaign to inform all CEU about the quality of the bottled water at the University. |
| Supervisor | Steger Tamara |
| Department | Environment Sciences and Policy MSc |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2012/ortega-torre_arturo.pdf |
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