by Heather Vaughan | Nov 7, 2019 | In the News, Water & the Planet
Management of plastic waste presents a major environmental challenge. Single-use plastic production has increased dramatically over the past 75 years, and as we know, plastic doesn’t decompose. So, where does it go? And what do we do with the ever-increasing amounts...
by Heather Vaughan | Oct 16, 2019 | Water & Health, Water & Safety, Water & the Planet
Why do we find so much plastic in tap and bottled water? Plastic doesn’t readily biodegrade- it only disintegrates into smaller and smaller pieces, releasing chemicals at each step of the way to your tap and bottled water. Plastic is Forever “Roughly two-thirds of all...
by Heather Vaughan | Oct 1, 2019 | Drops of Wisdom
You’ve probably heard of lots of types of purified water- even at FreshPure dispensers, we offer three types: Reverse Osmosis, Alkaline, and Deionized. Now… what on earth is Deionized Water? Some people use it as their daily drinking water, but it has a lot more uses....
by Heather Vaughan | Sep 30, 2019 | Water & Health, Water & the Planet
This week’s installment in our Plastic Series is on food and beverage packaging. Plastic packaging leads directly to human consumption of microplastics and associated chemicals in our day to day lives. Microplastics in our food and water are getting a lot of...
by Heather Vaughan | Sep 17, 2019 | Drops of Wisdom, Water & Health
Here are 4 Reasons Reverse Osmosis Water is Great for Your Family, and we’ll tell you why! In order to be healthy, we all know to drink at least eight 12-ounce glasses of water, every single day, which shakes out to 5 gallons per week, per person. That’s a lot...
