Become sustainable by serving water in reusable glass bottles

The commercial dishwashing and logistics perspective

To improve sustainability hotels and restaurants are turning to more eco-friendly packaging. Instead of ‘single use plastics’ such as drinking straws and plastic bottles, they are switching to providing guest water in glass bottles, carafes or jugs for a more tailored service that has a better image than branded plastic water bottles.

Recyclable glassware instead of single use plastic

A glass bottle and a glass in a hotel bedroom — Much appreciated by guests: glass bottle and a glass in their hotel bedroom instead of plastic ones

A bottled system using glass, carafes or jugs with filtered water provides a logical switch from plastic. The sustainable savings from removing plastic bottles in bedrooms, conference, meeting rooms and the restaurant is enormous.

Whether you choose a carbonated or still, bold or effervescent, soft or hard-textured water refilling system, the glassware you choose should be 100 percent recyclable.

It looks like glass provides a win-win solution, or does it?

Whose bottles or jugs do you use and how do you look after them to achieve best value and maximum sustainability?
How do you get the glassware safely from the filling station to the guest room or meeting place without clinking, breaking or chipping?

Glass is much heavier than plastic and it must be spotlessly clean and sanitized, so washing in a commercial dishwasher or glasswasher is the obvious solution.

Robust solutions for trouble-free transportation

Robust handling, storing and transport methods to ensure your glassware remain whole and without scratches are key when implementing a reusable system with water bottles.

Careful handling is needed to ensure bottles and jugs achieve the target for re-use. The best solution is a tailor-made rack.

MEIKO provides racks that are designed to allow crates of glassware to be stacked and transported by trolley to the points of use.

Rack to transport glasses safely from the dishwashing area to the point of use

Colour coded racks in a dishwash area to indicate different content

These racks are easy to grip which allows easy handling. They can be colour coded to indicate still or sparkling water. They will also protect the bottles and jugs from clinking or chipping during washing and transportation.

The racks are purpose-built to suit the height and width of the glassware. This brings the additional advantage of allowing hotels and restaurants to choose their own individual style of bottle to suit, rather than having to use those from the water supplier.

Bottled drinks

Read on to find out how two bar owners set up a deposit system for bottled drinks during a time when they were forced to close their bar and no guests were allowed inside.

Convertible dishwasher makes best use of space

After you determine the right racks, you will also need the right dishwasher. When it comes to choosing the ideal machine for cleaning jugs, carafes or bottles, make sure to find one that can be used for more than that purpose.

The dishwashing areas in hotels and restaurants are usually small so every inch used matters. It will be a bonus for you if you get a dishwasher that can carry out both cleaning crockery and dishes as well as glassware including bottles. You can save precious space when you convert your normal dishwasher into a bottle washer. This is the case with the M-iClean U from MEIKO.

Convertible dishwasher — Within two minutes 16 bottles, carafes or jugs can be cleaned in the M-iClean U dishwasher

How to convert your dishwasher into a bottle glass washer

Wash arm in undercounter dishwasher M-iClean U

Remove wash arm from M-iClean U …

M-iClean U dishwasher with adapter for bottle basket

… adjust adapter. Done.

Opt for the sustainable solution of offering water to your guests

Fresh water poured out of a glass bottle — What’s better than water freshly poured out of a chilled glass bottle on a hot day?

If you want to conserve space in addition to saving time and energy, you should really consider taking a closer look at the latest undercounter dishwasher from MEIKO. Thanks to its heat recovery system, it saves 21% energy. Thanks to its heat recovery system, it saves 21% energy. The reverse osmosis module ensures spotless glassware and gives staff the time to take care of guests instead of polishing glasses.

Implementing a reusable system with water bottles just makes sense as it is environmentally friendly, and it will save you money on the long run. The handling of the dishwasher and the equipment is easy. Your staff will get used to the new process of dealing with glassware instead of plastic bottles in no time. What you can be sure of is that your guests will appreciate the sustainable solution right from the beginning!

Bottled water

You cannot get enough of disposable concepts? Watch a video about an event location that fills water into labelled bottles. Service staff and guests are thrilled about the sustainable concept.

The solution for all common bottle sizes and shapes

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