Two Seasons scales up sustainability drive

Two Seasons Hotel & Apartments is committed to pursuing sustainable practices that minimize environmental footprint and contribute to community. Recognizing the importance of water conservation and reducing plastic waste, significant changes within operations have been implemented. In a latest move, the hotel has launched it own water filtration and bottling system to replace plastic bottles.

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In their latest move to strengthen their sustainability drive, Two Seasons Hotel & Apartments launched its own water filtration and bottling system to replace plastic bottles and reduce its carbon footprint.

The hotel is committed to pursuing sustainable practices that minimize environmental footprint and contribute to community. Recognizing the importance of water conservation and reducing plastic waste, significant changes within operations have been implemented. “One of the key initiatives we have undertaken is the installation of state of the art water filtration and bottling. Not only does this eliminate the need for single-use plastic bottles in the hotel guest rooms, but it also significantly reduces the energy and resources required for their production, transportation and disposal,” shared Freddy Farid, Managing Director, Two Seasons Hotel & Apartments.

The premium water filtration system involves a 7-stage purification system, which includes a UV sterilization process to ensure compliance to microbiological safety of water for drinking. The glass bottle is made up of breakage-resistant borosilicate glass with high quality UV resistant, stainless steel lid in 500ML and 1,000ML bottle capacity.

The purpose of the system is to carry out in-house bottling of drinking water in re-usable glass bottles.  It includes pre-fill UV sterilization of washed bottles, pre-cap UV sterilization of washed caps, volumetric filling of filtered water in bottles under aseptic environment, capping of bottles, post-cap UV sterilization of filled bottles and labelling of bottle cap area in one system. The bottling system has the production capacity of 240 bottles per hour for a specific water volume.

The unique two-nozzle system for wash and rinse ensures the water goes directly into the bottle and eliminates the chance of any remaining detergent inside. The special basket with rack adapter can accommodate large bottles up to 370 mm high and can easily be retrofitted in seconds.

The circulation of the glass bottles in the hotel suites will commence towards the end of the month. The guests will be encouraged to take part in this sustainability initiative with the option to purchase additional water in glass bottles. The next phase will include rolling out glass bottle usage in banquet events and in the food and beverage outlets’ operations.