GILAS for events & weddings
Hundreds of guests. Zero plastic tumblers.
Big events run on plastic tumblers, or on glasses rinsed in a bucket behind the tent. GILAS serves water in steel glasses right at the counter and cleans each one after use, so every guest gets a clean glass.
Where it fits
- Weddings and receptions
- Conferences and exhibitions
- Langars and community kitchens
- Festivals and pilgrimage routes
The problem today
Thousands of guests, a bucket rinse behind the tent, and bins of plastic tumblers by midnight.
- 01
A carpet of plastic
Every guest uses several tumblers, and they end up underfoot, in bins and in drains by the end of the night.
- 02
The bucket behind the tent
Where caterers use real glasses, they are often dunked in the same bucket of water all evening.
- 03
No water lines on site
Tents, lawns and temporary venues rarely have plumbing for a commercial glasswasher.
With GILAS
Portable units dispense water and clean glasses on the spot, so guests serve themselves a clean, filled glass.
Guests serve themselves
Guests press a button for water, drink and return the glass. GILAS cleans it automatically, so nobody is washing glasses.
Portable and plumbing-free
The portable variant needs only its sealed tanks and a wall socket, from a lawn wedding to a pilgrimage rest stop.
A story guests notice
Branded steel glasses and no plastic bins make sustainability a visible part of the event.
Cycle time and pathogen-reduction figures are design targets pending independent validation. See full specifications
How to get GILAS
Rent it through your caterer or event partner
- Per-event rental through catering and event-rental partners.
- Buy or lease for venues, caterers and community kitchens that run events every week.
- Number of units sized to guest count and peak serving times.
- Usage data to report plastic avoided after the event.
Impact calculator
How many plastic tumblers could your events replace?
Your estimate
Plastic
- Plastic tumblers avoided per year
- 30,000
- Plastic waste avoided per year
- 90 kg
- CO₂e avoided per year
- 82 kg
Hygiene
- Drinks served in a cleaned, disinfected glass per year
- 30,000
Money
- Estimated running-cost savings per year
- ₹51,000
CO₂e breakdown: 231 kg from making tumblers + 1 kg from disposal (dumped or landfilled) − 150 kg for GILAS washing = 82 kg avoided.
A fresh plastic tumbler is hygienic but single-use; GILAS keeps every drink in a cleaned, disinfected glass without the waste. GILAS would use about 3,000 litres of water a year to clean these glasses. This is an estimate, not a guarantee of savings or health outcomes. Plastic CO₂e uses published factors; the GILAS wash figures are placeholders until our lifecycle assessment and hygiene validation are complete.
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How we calculate this
Tumblers per year = guests × drinks per guest × events per year (events), or people × drinks per person per day × days open per year: 220 for schools, 365 for hospitals, and the working days you enter for offices (default 250). You choose what share of those drinks are served today in new plastic tumblers; the rest are assumed to come in shared glasses washed by hand.
Plastic waste = tumblers × the tumbler weight you pick (default 3 g).
Hygiene: every drink is served in a glass that GILAS has spray-washed, ultrasonically cleaned and UV-C disinfected, a cycle designed to cut pathogens by 99.9% (independent validation under way). Shared-glass reuses replaced = drinks served in shared glasses today. Staff hours freed = those drinks × hand-washing seconds per glass ÷ 3,600. We do not estimate illnesses avoided, because that depends on many factors we can’t measure.
CO₂e avoided = plastic weight × (making factor + disposal factor) − tumblers × 0.005 kg per GILAS wash. Making factors, including forming into a product, are 2.569 kg CO₂e per kg for PP, 4.367 kg CO₂e per kg for PS, 3.855 kg CO₂e per kg for PET; landfill is 0.0089 and recycling 0.0064 kg CO₂e per kg, from the UK Government GHG Conversion Factors for Company Reporting 2024 (DESNZ). Burning releases the carbon in the plastic as CO₂: 3.14 kg per kg for PP, 3.38 kg per kg for PS, 2.29 kg per kg for PET (from each plastic’s carbon content; open burning also releases other pollutants not counted here). We give no credit for recycling, and treat GILAS washing and hand-washing of shared glasses as equal, so shared-glass drinks add no CO₂e either way. The GILAS wash figure is a placeholder until we measure it.
Savings = tumblers × (your tumbler cost, default ₹2, − ₹0.3 per GILAS wash) + staff hours freed × your staff cost per hour − shared-glass drinks × ₹0.3 per GILAS wash. This excludes the cost of buying, leasing or renting GILAS and of the GILAS glasses.
Payback = the GILAS price you enter ÷ monthly savings. It is shown only when you enter a price, and ignores maintenance, consumables and financing.
Water = tumblers × 100 ml per cycle (claimed, pending validation).
Results are rounded to whole numbers. The emission and cost factors are placeholder assumptions that will be replaced by figures from an independent lifecycle assessment. Real-world results depend on your cups, electricity source and how often glasses are reused.
What people say
“Eight hundred wedding guests, zero plastic tumblers, and nobody washing glasses in a bucket behind the tent.”
Event Planner
Wedding and events agency
Sample testimonial
Can I rent GILAS for one event?
Yes. We are partnering with event-rental and catering companies to offer GILAS per event. Tell us your date and guest count.
How many units do I need?
Each unit is designed to clean 4–6 glasses a minute. We recommend units based on guest count and how many people drink at the busiest moment.
Does it work outdoors?
It needs a sheltered spot and a standard power socket. Weather-resistant designs for festivals and public venues are on our roadmap.
See GILAS in action.
Book a 15-minute demo and we’ll show how GILAS would work in your events.
