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Rainwater
Harvesting
In some areas water conservation
is not only crucial, it’s
required. Consider this:
a 2000sft roof can provide
over 1,125 gallons of water
from a 1 inch rainfall which
can then be used to flush
toilets, water gardens and
provide up to 60% of your
homes annual water needs
if properly collected. Whether
water is scarce or plentiful
RainTube should be the leading
upstream element in any good
rainwater collection system.
Its porous, debris-rejecting
design ensures that ALL the
available water gets collected.
Keeping debris out of the
gutters reduces the load
on filter elements and allows
the water to flow unencumbered
to the storage container.
Collecting and pre-filtering
the water is a good start…but
the benefits of RainTube
do not stop there. RainTube
has a long life and is made
from 100% post-consumer recycled
products and of course, these
“green”
standards help keep its cost
low. RainTube is a valuable,
essential component of your
water collection and catchment
system.
Why
we think sustainable living
is important
RainTube believes
sustainability isn't just
a nice thing to do - it's
the smart and right thing
to do. In specific industries
such as building and remodeling,
using sustainable or green
products to build with offers
significant benefits.
Green
building can save money
on utility bills, decrease
maintenance costs, and help
protect the value of real
estate. It also impacts everyone
in the supply chain: from
the workers in the manufacturing
plant who make the products
to the contractors installing
them.
Using sustainable and green
products like the RainTube
to build homes also helps
minimize waste, preserve
natural resources, and protect
forests, wildlife, and air
and water quality.
In today's competitive market,
going green is an essential
business strategy. As consumers
are demanding it, forward-thinking
businesses are responding.
Bill Gates, Steve Case (founder
of America Online) and Vinod
Khosla (founder of Sun Microsystems)
are just a few of the chief
executives investing hundreds
of millions of dollars in
green technology.
We believe that by using
recycled plastics for a durable
and sustainable product like
the RainTube, we're committed
to the environment in a practical
way. We offer a simple solution
that assists homeowners in
a big way that positively
impacts the environment by
using renewable resources.
Little steps do have a big
impact on a sustainable future.
Here are some compelling
facts about recycling plastic
materials:
- 17
one-gallon milk jugs are
reused to make one 13'
length of RainTube.
- 227
one-gallon milk jugs are
reused to protect the gutters
of an average home with
RainTube.
- The
energy saved by recycling
one plastic bottle will
power a computer for 25
minutes.
- Americans
toss out 14.4 million tons
of plastic every year according
to the Plastics Museum.
- Americans
go through 2.5 million
plastic bottles every hour.
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