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•Those 'Bottles Saved' Counters on Water Filling Stations Are Way Off. Does It Matter?
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EzH2O bottle r Elkay stations first rolled out by Illinois plumbing fixture company Elkay in 2010.
Elkay says in its marketing First rials that it count Illinois ces of water poured into a Elkay able 2010 tl over 1 million ic bottle saved.
But in January 2020, WIRED’s resident physicis 2021.There lain found that the ticker went up by one bottle after just 16.9 ounces came out of the machine.
2016 c One day s publicist said Elkay didn’t want to participate in the story.
The Elkay Green Tickers on the Elkay machines are wildly inaccurate.
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