Press coverage Bluewater in the media Categories Archive 2019 2018 2020 BLUEWATER HAILS KATOWICE CLIMATE PACKAGE December 24, 2018 | Delhi Greens Bluewater, a world leader in developing innovative water purification technology and solutions, has called the UN Climate Change Agreement in Katowice, Poland, a landmark that will benefit planetary and human health. Read more ENTREPRENEURS TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE: “LAWMAKERS AROUND THE WORLD NEED TO TARGET SINGLE USE PLASTICS” WITH BENGT RITTRI AND AMINE RAHAL December 13, 2018 | Medium Law makers around the world need to target single use plastic bottles in addition to other plastics such as plastic cups, drinking straws and the likes of cotton buds. Where alternatives are available and affordable, single-use plastic products should be banned immediately. Read more BUSINESS MUST SCALE UP EFFORTS TO AVOID ENVIRONMENTAL CALAMITY, SAYS TOP BLUEWATER EXECUTIVE AT UN CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE December 10, 2018 | My Social Good News Anders Jacobson, President of Bluewater, a world leader in game-changing water technologies and solutions, today told over 600 environmental policy-makers and climate technology innovators that the business community must scale up and speed efforts to help find solutions to tackle a looming plastics calamity. Read more 23 SIMPLE WAYS TO BE MORE ECO-FRIENDLY IN THE KITCHEN November 26, 2018 | Best Company Best Company, a top US online site that reviews products and companies along with health, wellness and lifestyle editorial content, has listed its 23 ideas for how to create a healthy home environment. Bluewater was spotlighted under idea #15 as top choice for a water purifier. Read more ANDERS JACOBSON, THE MAN TRYING TO RID SPORT OF PLASTIC BOTTLES November 20, 2018 | Sport Sustainability Journal The damage plastic is doing to the ocean has become a major talking point over the past 12 months, but Anders Jacobson, the president of water purity company Bluewater, thinks he has the solution. And he wants sport to help him demonstrate. Read more MIROPLASTICS DISCOVERED IN HUMANS AROUND THE GLOBE October 29, 2018 | Infrastructure News A new global study providing the first real evidence that microplastics are now inside humans raises grave concerns about the health implications. This is according to Bluewater, a world leader in water purification technology and solutions. Read more BLUEWATER AFRICA, CONSOL TO MAKE A SPLASH AT KAMERS/MAKERS October 29, 2018 | Bizcommunity Handcraft and design show KAMERS/Makers has partnered with Bluewater Africa and Consol Glass to provide glass bottles and purified drinking water to visitors at the six-day event, eliminating the need for single-use plastic water bottles. Read more MAKING A SPLASH AT KAMERS/MAKERS STELLENBOSCH October 29, 2018 | iAfrica KAMERS/Makers will not only be promoting local creativity and entrepreneurship but has partnered with Bluewater Africa and Consol Glass to provide glass bottles and pure drinking water to keep visitors hydrated, without the need for single-use plastic water bottles, leading the way in sustainable event management and ensuring our environment is placed first. Read more MICROPLASTICS INSIDE HUMANS FOUND BY RESEARCHERS – POSING HEALTH RISKS October 24, 2018 | NS Business Researchers from the Medical University of Vienna and Environment Agency Austria found nine types of microplastics inside humans from around the world. Anders Jacobson, president of Swedish water purification technology firm Bluewater, said he had “grave concerns” about the impact on human health following the study. Read more ANDERS JACOBSON, WATER HARVESTER October 15, 2018 | Norwegian Magazine According to Anders Jacobson, co-founder of Bluewater, “By 2050, world demand for drinking water will have increased by 50% and aquifers will have decreased by 40%.” That’s why he left a career in investment banking to work with “water-stressed” communities from Cape Town to Shanghai last year. Read more 1 2 … 6
BLUEWATER HAILS KATOWICE CLIMATE PACKAGE December 24, 2018 | Delhi Greens Bluewater, a world leader in developing innovative water purification technology and solutions, has called the UN Climate Change Agreement in Katowice, Poland, a landmark that will benefit planetary and human health. Read more
ENTREPRENEURS TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE: “LAWMAKERS AROUND THE WORLD NEED TO TARGET SINGLE USE PLASTICS” WITH BENGT RITTRI AND AMINE RAHAL December 13, 2018 | Medium Law makers around the world need to target single use plastic bottles in addition to other plastics such as plastic cups, drinking straws and the likes of cotton buds. Where alternatives are available and affordable, single-use plastic products should be banned immediately. Read more
BUSINESS MUST SCALE UP EFFORTS TO AVOID ENVIRONMENTAL CALAMITY, SAYS TOP BLUEWATER EXECUTIVE AT UN CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE December 10, 2018 | My Social Good News Anders Jacobson, President of Bluewater, a world leader in game-changing water technologies and solutions, today told over 600 environmental policy-makers and climate technology innovators that the business community must scale up and speed efforts to help find solutions to tackle a looming plastics calamity. Read more
23 SIMPLE WAYS TO BE MORE ECO-FRIENDLY IN THE KITCHEN November 26, 2018 | Best Company Best Company, a top US online site that reviews products and companies along with health, wellness and lifestyle editorial content, has listed its 23 ideas for how to create a healthy home environment. Bluewater was spotlighted under idea #15 as top choice for a water purifier. Read more
ANDERS JACOBSON, THE MAN TRYING TO RID SPORT OF PLASTIC BOTTLES November 20, 2018 | Sport Sustainability Journal The damage plastic is doing to the ocean has become a major talking point over the past 12 months, but Anders Jacobson, the president of water purity company Bluewater, thinks he has the solution. And he wants sport to help him demonstrate. Read more
MIROPLASTICS DISCOVERED IN HUMANS AROUND THE GLOBE October 29, 2018 | Infrastructure News A new global study providing the first real evidence that microplastics are now inside humans raises grave concerns about the health implications. This is according to Bluewater, a world leader in water purification technology and solutions. Read more
BLUEWATER AFRICA, CONSOL TO MAKE A SPLASH AT KAMERS/MAKERS October 29, 2018 | Bizcommunity Handcraft and design show KAMERS/Makers has partnered with Bluewater Africa and Consol Glass to provide glass bottles and purified drinking water to visitors at the six-day event, eliminating the need for single-use plastic water bottles. Read more
MAKING A SPLASH AT KAMERS/MAKERS STELLENBOSCH October 29, 2018 | iAfrica KAMERS/Makers will not only be promoting local creativity and entrepreneurship but has partnered with Bluewater Africa and Consol Glass to provide glass bottles and pure drinking water to keep visitors hydrated, without the need for single-use plastic water bottles, leading the way in sustainable event management and ensuring our environment is placed first. Read more
MICROPLASTICS INSIDE HUMANS FOUND BY RESEARCHERS – POSING HEALTH RISKS October 24, 2018 | NS Business Researchers from the Medical University of Vienna and Environment Agency Austria found nine types of microplastics inside humans from around the world. Anders Jacobson, president of Swedish water purification technology firm Bluewater, said he had “grave concerns” about the impact on human health following the study. Read more
ANDERS JACOBSON, WATER HARVESTER October 15, 2018 | Norwegian Magazine According to Anders Jacobson, co-founder of Bluewater, “By 2050, world demand for drinking water will have increased by 50% and aquifers will have decreased by 40%.” That’s why he left a career in investment banking to work with “water-stressed” communities from Cape Town to Shanghai last year. Read more