Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Access H2O Blog

It's time to rethink water and ice

Vending Machine for water and iceLEARN ABOUT OUR CONVENIENCE STORE PROGRAM - CLICK HERE!

Guided by the precept of environmental stewardship, Access H2O believes that for the sake of the planet and for good health, it is time to rethink how consumers buy water and ice. It's why we provide purified water and ice vending machines that will:

  • Reduce the carbon footprint and adverse environmental impact of plastic water bottles and traditional ice distribution models.
  • Provide consumers with more convenient, less expensive ways to buy purified water and ice.

Evidence abounds for why our new approach to water and ice distribution makes compelling sense:

Fossil fuels and CO2 - Manufacturing plastic water bottles for Americans each year consumes more than 47 million gallons of oil. Eliminating the bottles would be equivalent to taking 100,000 vehicles off the road, and to removing one billion pounds of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.

Enough fuel for more than a million cars - It takes 17.6 million barrels (or 714 million gallons) of oil per year to make all the plastic water bottles used worldwide. That's enough oil to fuel 1.3 million cars for a year.

Waste of a precious resource - Each plastic water bottle requires nearly five times its volume in water to manufacture.

Clogged landfills - Less than 15 percent of plastic water bottles are recycled. The millions of plastic bottles in landfills may take thousands of years to break down, and their components seep into water supplies.

Health risks - Studies have shown that plastic water bottles can leach trace amounts of Bisphenol A (BPA) into the water. BPA is linked to health problems ranging from breast and uterine cancer to an increased risk of miscarriage, decreased testosterone levels, and problems with children's developing systems.

The carbon footprint and costs of ice distribution - Offsite ice manufacturing and delivering ice to points of purchase, the standard since the early 20th Century, has significant costs and a massive carbon footprint that our solution eliminates.

Attractive green business opportunities - Consumers are aware of these issues, and they're putting their environmental concerns into action with their wallets. They're ready to buy earth-friendly water and ice.

SELF-SERVE, SELF-CONTAINED KIOSKS. STRONG CONSUMER DEMAND.

Consumers are keenly aware of these environmental and health concerns, and they're increasingly seeking green alternatives to help them reduce their carbon footprint from plastic water bottles and other sources. And in large numbers, they want more convenient, less expensive ways to buy purified water and ice. Access H2O has the solution. Our self-serve, self-contained kiosks (manufactured and branded by Aqua Polar) are miniature water purification and ice plants that:

  • Dispense bagged ice in higher quantities and at a lower cost than existing ice options.
  • Sanitize and refill five-gallon water bottles with ambient bulk water, unlike alternative machines that do not sanitize.
  • Sanitize and refill popular reusable water bottles with chilled individual servings of purified water.


We serve the convenience store market and universities. Access H2O can help you tap into a market that generates billions of dollars in revenue each year. Plus you'll be protecting the environment, reducing health risks, and providing consumers with a more convenient and less expensive way to buy earth-friendly water and ice. It's an attractive green opportunity on many levels. Get in on it with Access H2O.