Bluewater slams single-use plastic bottles as ‘Ocean Enemy #1’
The production of single-use plastic bottles poses a huge threat to ocean, human and planetary health Bluewater tells Sustainable Brands Summit in Porto
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Dee Caffari on the importance of staying hydrated
Bluewater is about to launch a series of hydration in sports papers, so we thought we'd ask our Global Brand Ambassador Dee Caffari to help prepare the groundwork with her tips as an elite sportsperson for staying healthily hydrated...
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11,000 scientists sign climate emergency warning
Water tech and solutions leader Bluewater says world must heed plea signed by 11,000 scientists for action on climate emergency
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Some good news for the planet as vegans celebrate World Vegan Day, study says greener diet saves water resources
Moving to eating a greener diet may not only be good for human health but will also save a lot of the planet’s shrinking availability of fresh water, reports Bluewater.
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Bluewater launches first supermarket water dispenser to help Londoners purge single-use plastic water bottles
Pro-environment grocery store shoppers in north London are being given the opportunity to turn the tide on single-use plastic water bottles and enjoy made-on-site purified water at the Thornton's Budgens community supermarket
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Saving the world from ocean plastics pollution has much to learn from the success in healing the ozone level, says Bluewater
Water purification technology and solutions leader Bluewater says successful 30-year battle to preserve the ozone layer demonstrates human ingenuity can be harnessed to save the planet from plastic pollution of oceans.
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If water stops running, life stops working
Business luncheon in Stockholm during World Water Week hears leading world water experts spotlight threats and solutions for the planet’s water crisis
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Global 2019 Urban Water Challenge Prize Winners Announced At World Water Week, Stockholm
The 2019 Imagine H2O Urban Water Prize, founded by water tech innovator Bluewater and by 11th Hour Racing, was awarded to three prize winners from India, Colombia and Vietnam at an awards ceremony at the start of World Water Week in Stockholm, the Swedish capital, Monday evening.
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Call for immediate global crackdown on single-use plastic bottles, urgent action needed says water tech leader Bluewater as World Water Week starts in Stockholm
Bengt Rittri, the co-founder of world-leading water technologies and solutions leader Bluewater, today used the start of World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden, to call for an immediate global crackdown on single-use plastic bottles.
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Six finalists chosen for 2019 Imagine H20 Urban Drinking Water Challenge
Imagine H2O’s Urban Water Challenge 2019 announces finalist entrepreneurs from six countries spanning Africa, India, Asia and the Americas who are reimagining a water-resilient future. Two winners will be announced at the start of Stockholm Water Week at the end of August during a ceremony in the Swedish capital.
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New study reveals increased threat from microplastics in treated water
Bluewater says new strategies urgently needed to limit plastics break down in water as new study points to potentially catastrophic consequences to human health
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Bluewater water stations on hand during ÅF Offshore Race, keeping folks hydrated with pure water and battling need for single-use plastic bottles
Helping the worldwide battle to stop single-use plastic water bottles polluting the planet’s oceans, Bluewater will be suppling pure drinking water to the public from its unique fixed and mobile hydration stations at the world's largest annual ocean race being staged in the Baltic Sea outside Stockholm, Sweden.
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Global WWF study reveals humans ingest massive amounts of microplastics, equivalent to eating a credit card a week, prompting call for global action from Bluewater
Bluewater describes new WWF microplastics study as deeply shocking, demands immediate global action by government’s everywhere and says the report confirms fears about the threat to human health expressed its own recent White Paper, ‘The Global Plastic Calamity’ .
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Sweden's coveted business Super Talent of the Year 2019 award goes to Anders Jacobson, co-founder and CEO of investment company Blue, which owns Bluewater
33-year old Anders Jacobson reaps Sweden’s top business honor from Sweden’s leading business magazine on the back of 24-months building impact-led investment company Blue into a worldwide force for change aimed at returning the planet to health
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Take a breather, swim faster
Bluewater’s swim champ Adam Paulsson is working hard at making his dream of competing in the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo a reality … and breathing properly plays a key role.
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Double win for Bluewater in Fast Company’s 2019 World Changing Ideas Awards
Bluewater game-changing water purification solutions and anti-throwaway plastic bottle movement recognized with honorable mentions in two categories – Consumer Products and Developing World Technology.
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Europe calls time on single use plastic
It’s the final straw for single use plastic straws and plastic-cutlery, stirrers, plates and balloon sticks in European Union countries as the EU Parliament voted this week to ban them by 2021.
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Event organisers need to be bolder when it comes to improving sustainability initiatives
Bluewater Global Brand Ambassador Dee Caffari calls on event organisers to be bold in challenging normal routines to support greater sustainability in her latest Blog for Bluewater. A key, she writes, is to spread the message we all need to act on...
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Solutions for sustainable economies spotlighted at UN’s top environmental meeting in Nairobi
Bluewater says US Nairobi session is vital to boost chances of success in the Paris agreement and spotlight new science on the state of the environment and solutions to challenges.
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Plastics and human health: Hormone health risks under spotlight
Escalating human health risks resulting from the impact of chemicals in plastics on human hormones spotlighted in new White Paper from global water tech leader Bluewater and Portugal’s non-profit, science led Mirpuri Foundation.
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