A Sleek Alternative To Bottled Water
Fast Company has an interesting story on an alternative to bottled water.
Designer Oliver Craig attempts to remedy the bottled water conundrum with the Source Project, a system that requires stores to place a Source Water Fountain outside their shops.
When consumers buy a Source Water Bottle, they are granted use of the fountains. Each time a bottle is filled, RFID sensors send a message to store vendors, who grant redeemable points for future purchases.
And since the Source Water Fountains can be found everywhere, it’s no problem that the accompanying bottle is small enough to easily fit in a handbag.
The fountains and bottles are sleek and clean-looking enough to convince bottled water devotees to switch over, but what’s the incentive for store owners to install the fountains?
Perhaps we would all be better served if city governments just ponied up the cash for more public water fountains.
Robert Adams on October 13th, 2009 3:09 am
This is the biggest wank and waste of resource, time and money.
You can never replace bottled water.
Stop trying to replace the healthiest choice in drinkable water.
finally people have a choice away from toxic tap water and man and his dog trying to find a way to block it, what is wrong with the world.
just enjoy bottled water.
Angela Shupe on October 13th, 2009 4:15 am
I have to admit, I don’t think something like this would stop me (or many other people) from drinking bottled water. Those who drink bottled water do so for a variety of reasons, not just convenience.
For example, I can’t stand the taste of tap water. Everyone tries to argue that it is all the same but when it comes right down to it I can taste the difference between the tap stuff and the bottled spring water I buy from the store.
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