Cut Campus Plastic Use with a Refillable Bottle

Water is the healthiest drink on the planet — and it is the only one that’s free!

By carrying a refillable bottle — and using the nearly 700 hydration stations conveniently located across our campus — you can stay healthy while saving yourself money and time.

Other factors to consider:

• By choosing to drink sustainable, local water in your own refillable container, you reduce your carbon footprint and environmental impact associated with single-use plastics.
• Dispensed water is proven safer than bottled because it is regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency. Local water plants are highly regulated and must test their supply multiple times per day.
• The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign reports on its water quality annually. View the latest water quality report >>>
• Students in CEE 449 (Environmental Engineering Lab) analyzed the water quality of water fountains at campus residence halls. See their full report here >>>
• Most people can’t tell the difference between fresh water and bottled — and water from the Mahomet Aquifer, our local supply, regularly wins out in blind taste tests!

All Illini athletic events now allow fans to enter with any empty refillable bottle. The Division of Intercollegiate Athletics is having more hydration stations added to its facilities.

Fighting Illini Fighting Waste

The Division of Intercollegiate Athletics, Facilities & Services, Housing and Dining, the Illini Union, iSEE, and others are partnering with Coca-Cola on a campaign to keep plastic and metal drink containers out of the waste stream on our campus.

Among the many things Coca-Cola has provided are new portable receptacles for recyclables and landfill. They are be used at all major events on campus.