Press coverage Bluewater in the media Categories Archive 2019 2018 2020 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 CAPE TOWN MARATHON CLEAN-UP A WINNER September 25, 2018 | IOL Cape Town’s environment proved one of the biggest winners at the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon at the weekend, with the use of single-use plastics significantly reduced and no municipal water used. Water dispensed from Bluewater Africa’s mobile water stations saved the use of plastics equivalent to that of 13 000 water sachets or 2600 standard water bottles. Read more SCARCITY IN SWEDEN – ISLAND COMMUNITY FACES DRINKING WATER SHORTAGE September 24, 2018 | Water Quality Products There is a quiet revolution underway in the Baltic Sea, situated in northernmost Europe with shores touching countries such as Estonia, Finland, Germany, Poland, Russia and Sweden. It is being driven by climate change that is tangibly impacting seashore and island communities around the brackish water sea. Leading the change is a Swedish Baltic island community called Sandhamn, a small picture-postcard village on a tiny island renowned for its natural beauty. Read more START-UPS WIN FUNDING TO DEPLOY IN WATER-SCARCE CITIES September 24, 2018 | The Source Magazine Three start-ups tackling urban water challenges with technology and an entrepreneurial approach have been recognised by the Imagine H2O Urban Drinking Water Challenge 2018 for their efforts to solve urban water scarcity. Read more TIME FOR PRO SPORTS TO DITCH PLASTIC September 17, 2018 | Sierra Club Sports waste is a vast problem, but the solution to the plastic water bottle scourge is readily available: Water bottle refill stations (also known as hydration stations) are essentially modernized water fountains, featuring a single or multiple faucets. And they’re poised to play a big role in the sport venues of the future. Read more UNIQUE BLUEWATER HYDRATION STATION SERVES FREE WATER TO SHANGHAI’S BUSTLING METRO USERS September 14, 2018 | Process Industry Match Bluewater, a world leader in water purification technologies and solutions for home, business and public use, today opened its first public hydration station outside a bustling Metro station in central Shanghai, China. Read more 1 … 10 11 12 … 16
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
CAPE TOWN MARATHON CLEAN-UP A WINNER September 25, 2018 | IOL Cape Town’s environment proved one of the biggest winners at the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon at the weekend, with the use of single-use plastics significantly reduced and no municipal water used. Water dispensed from Bluewater Africa’s mobile water stations saved the use of plastics equivalent to that of 13 000 water sachets or 2600 standard water bottles. Read more
SCARCITY IN SWEDEN – ISLAND COMMUNITY FACES DRINKING WATER SHORTAGE September 24, 2018 | Water Quality Products There is a quiet revolution underway in the Baltic Sea, situated in northernmost Europe with shores touching countries such as Estonia, Finland, Germany, Poland, Russia and Sweden. It is being driven by climate change that is tangibly impacting seashore and island communities around the brackish water sea. Leading the change is a Swedish Baltic island community called Sandhamn, a small picture-postcard village on a tiny island renowned for its natural beauty. Read more
START-UPS WIN FUNDING TO DEPLOY IN WATER-SCARCE CITIES September 24, 2018 | The Source Magazine Three start-ups tackling urban water challenges with technology and an entrepreneurial approach have been recognised by the Imagine H2O Urban Drinking Water Challenge 2018 for their efforts to solve urban water scarcity. Read more
TIME FOR PRO SPORTS TO DITCH PLASTIC September 17, 2018 | Sierra Club Sports waste is a vast problem, but the solution to the plastic water bottle scourge is readily available: Water bottle refill stations (also known as hydration stations) are essentially modernized water fountains, featuring a single or multiple faucets. And they’re poised to play a big role in the sport venues of the future. Read more
UNIQUE BLUEWATER HYDRATION STATION SERVES FREE WATER TO SHANGHAI’S BUSTLING METRO USERS September 14, 2018 | Process Industry Match Bluewater, a world leader in water purification technologies and solutions for home, business and public use, today opened its first public hydration station outside a bustling Metro station in central Shanghai, China. Read more