Pureau - Pure Water
Pureau
Reviewed by Jo on 23 July 2008
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Pureau is drinking water guaranteed to be completely free of chlorine,
bacteria, fluoride, sodium and other impurities. Because of its purity, scaling
does not built up in kettles or espresso machines. The lack of chlorine,
bacteria and inorganic minerals in Pureau mean that many mothers use it in
infant formula and juices.
 | Made from recycled materials |
 | Minimises the use of pesticides / fertilizers |
| Fairtrade |
| Aussie made |
| Sustainable |
| Minimises chemical use |
| Lifecycle impacts considered |
Options
Pureau's 5 and 10 litre casks can help cut down on the consumption of
disposable plastic water bottles.
Cost - 5 litre cask approximately $4.50, 10 litre cask approximately
$6.30
Where to buy
The casks are available in all States and can be found in your local
supermarket or health food store. If not, ask your supermarket manager to stock
it.
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Raw material – The raw materials used in this product include
water, 100% recycled pulp, original wood pulp and plastic for the internal
plastic bag. Metal is required for the exterior. |
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Manufacturing - Water is put through a three-stage filtration process which uses no chemical treatments, ozonation, chlorine or UV. Stage one involves filtration, stage two uses reverse osmosis and stage three is biological filtration. Click here for details of the filtration process. The cask requires three layers of cardboard. Two of the three are made from 100% recycled pulp, recycled pulp is not quite as strong as cardboard made from wood pulp, therefore the third layer is made from original wood pulp, to provide the structural strength. The
internal plastic bag contains a plastic interior and nozzle and results in a
75-90% reduction in plastic content vs plastic containers. The filtration process
is undergoing an environmental audit process to identify measures to minimize
environmental impacts. The
bag supplier (Scholle) is certified to
the voluntary international standard for environmental management systems ISO14001:2004
and the cask supplier (Amcor) aim to have all major
manufacturing sites certified to this standard. |
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Distribution
– Packaging is provided by Amcor (cardboard casks) and Scholle (internal plastic bag). The packaging
from both is shipped flat allowing more empty packages to be transported per
truckload compared to rigid packaging (for the bags this results in a nine to
one truckload saving). The flat packaging takes up less storage space and
when compared to rigid plastic packaging, and as more finished products can
be stored on a pallet (compared to rigid plastic bottles), less truckloads
are required to transport Purea to the supermarket. |
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Product
use – The large casks minimizes material use compared to purchase of smaller bottles and water can be decanted
into a smaller container if required. |
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Waste
management – When the casks are finished, remove the bag, fold the casks
flat and place them in the paper recycling bin. The plastic bag and nozzle should
be removed and placed in the plastics recycling bin. Metallic exterior can be
recycled with the metals cans. |