Why Guests Choose Green Hotels: Sustainability in Hospitality
Sustainability in hospitality is no longer a niche idea nowadays. It’s a business driver. Across the globe, travellers are prioritising eco-friendly stays. Hotels that embrace sustainability are seeing stronger bookings, better reviews and even higher revenue. According to Booking.com’s Sustainable Travel Report, 76% of travellers say they want to stay in eco-friendly accommodations, while a […]
Bottled Water vs. Filtered Water
Plastics are synonymous with modern society. However, the world is recognizing that we need to find environmentally safe alternatives to our growing plastic use. Among one of the greatest contributors to plastic waste is bottled water consumption. Around the world, 1 million single-use plastic water bottles are purchased every minute! This number is expected to […]
How to Improve Water Quality in Your Home
Water quality is a concern all around the world as individuals experience issues with contaminated water in their homes. More often than not, they do not realize until long after the contamination has occurred, and by then it’s too late. While everybody wants to have the best water quality in their home, they often don’t […]
Our COVID response
As the Coronavirus pandemic continues to evolve, we hope that you, your staff, and your families all remain safe during these uncertain times. At the beginning of March, when it became quite apparent that the WHO would soon confirm the virus as an international pandemic, we took the proactive approach of purchasing a small stock […]
Quick plastic facts
The more we know about the dangers of single-use plastic, the better. Education is a key part of what we do at Sprudel and it is vital in our quest to help the population of the United Arab Emirates to understand the issue of plastic. By educating businesses, restaurant-owners and families alike, we hope they […]
Toxins from Plastic Drinking Water Bottles
From the previous blog, you would have read that we have recently conducted a laboratory test for one of our new clients. We found a 5-gallon water dispenser that had been employed for years in the office was harboring a bacteria count that was off the charts. This did not come as a surprise to us […]
Bacteria contamination in 5-gallon dispensers
To start with, this is in no way condemning the use of 5-gallon water dispensers. We know that some offices are unable to install a Point-of-use water dispenser. Whilst we would love every office in Dubai to have a plastic free water solution, we know it is simply not possible due to the lack of […]
Secondary Microplastics
After taking a look at Primary Microplastics a few weeks ago and learning about the devastating impact plastic pellets have on our planet, this week we’re talking about the other kind of Microplastics: Secondary. So what are Secondary Microplastics? Secondary Microplastics can be defined as pieces of plastic (again, under 5mm in size) that started out as larger […]
Desalination in Dubai
In order to educate corporates on their drinking water, we have to take a step back and understand the background behind drinking water in Dubai. As people living in Dubai, we are inhabiting an area of the world that experiences a desert climate, roughly half of the year on average. That climate is characterised with high […]
Primary Microplastics
The term ‘Microplastics’ became quite mainstream in 2018, with the help of such documentaries like David Attenborough’s ‘Blue Planet II’ and the BBC’s ‘Drowning in plastic’. It is a term given to tiny fragments of plastic and is a word that everyone should know about. Why we should care about Primary Microplastics Microplastics are dangerous. They […]