To produce 1 litre of hydrolate we need 1 litre of water. To produce 1 litre of essential oil we need about 2000 litres litres of water. This water is not waste. It’s actually water we use to produce steam to pass through the rockrose leaves, dragging the essential oil and other components, becoming the so called hydrolate! Hydrolate only becomes more environmentally friendly when is sold and is used, otherwise is wasted! What a pity for such a lovely product full of wonderful characteristics (see here). We store our hydrolate immediately after distillation in Bag-in-Box containers that allow oxygen-free hydrolate storage for long lasting shelving live and refill-as-you-go without oxidizing the hydrolate in the package.