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Sprudel was founded in Dubai in 2014. Photo: Sprudel
Staff member Milan at Zabeel House by Jumeirah, The Greens uses Sprudel's closed-loop water bottling system, which was engineered specifically for hotels. All photos: Chris Whiteoak / The National
Milan unloads the clean bottles
Milan empties the used bottles. The excess water goes to the garden
Milan washes used bottles by hand before putting them into the system
Milan loads the used bottles into the cleaner
The bottles are filled using the machine
Milan pushes clean bottles into the clean room through a hatch
Milan prints labels and adds them to bottles
Bottles are dated and time stamped
Fresh water ends up in all of the hotel's rooms
Sprudel's taps are also installed in the hotel's restaurants
Sprudel's taps can be fitted with an external carbon dioxide system to create unlimited sparkling water
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Sprudel was founded in Dubai in 2014. Photo: Sprudel
Staff member Milan at Zabeel House by Jumeirah, The Greens uses Sprudel's closed-loop water bottling system, which was engineered specifically for hotels. All photos: Chris Whiteoak / The National
Milan unloads the clean bottles
Milan empties the used bottles. The excess water goes to the garden
Milan washes used bottles by hand before putting them into the system
Milan loads the used bottles into the cleaner
The bottles are filled using the machine
Milan pushes clean bottles into the clean room through a hatch
Milan prints labels and adds them to bottles
Bottles are dated and time stamped
Fresh water ends up in all of the hotel's rooms
Sprudel's taps are also installed in the hotel's restaurants
Sprudel's taps can be fitted with an external carbon dioxide system to create unlimited sparkling water
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Sprudel was founded in Dubai in 2014. Photo: Sprudel
The man on a mission to eliminate single-use plastic bottles in the UAE
Mechatronic engineer Shawn Green estimates he's removing 35 million bottles a year from the country he's always called home
Katy Gillett
20 March, 2024
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