Press coverage Bluewater in the media Categories Archive 2019 2018 2020 NEW STUDY REVEALS INCREASED THREAT FROM MICROPLASTICS IN TREATED WATER July 26, 2019 | Green Living Guy Bluewater, a global leader in water purification technology and solutions. They are calling for urgent new strategies to tackle plastics pollution. Because after a UK university study revealed water treatment processes exacerbate plastics. They help to break down microplastics into nanoplastics. Read more BRITAIN’S OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP GOES PLASTIC-FREE July 22, 2019 | CNN The Open Championship became the first of men’s golf’s majors to end the use of single-use plastic water bottles for players and spectators alike. Read more THE OPEN AND BLUEWATER REDEFINE HOW MAJOR EVENTS CAN SHAPE A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE July 21, 2019 | Golf Daily The R&A has taken the initiative to demonstrate a here-and-now solution that will redefine how major events can shape new business models that help shape a sustainable future that’s good for the planet and humans alike Visitors to The 148th Open golf championship in Portrush, Northern Ireland, will notice a remarkable new addition to the prestigious event – cool looking personal stainless steel refillable water bottles that are being carried by thousands of visitors to Royal Portrush instead of previously used single-use plastic water bottles. Read more BRITISH OPEN 2019: YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED AT WHAT’S MISSING AT THIS YEAR’S OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP July 21, 2019 | GolfDigest Gaze to the north of Royal Portrush Golf Club and there’s water as far as your eyes will take you. At least, that is, when your head isn’t stuck under an umbrella dodging the rain that comes and goes almost daily in these parts. Water, water, everywhere. But at this year’s Open Championship, there is one place you won’t find it: being sold on the Dunluce Links. Read more THE OPEN AND BLUEWATER REDEFINE HOW MAJOR EVENTS CAN SHAPE A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE July 20, 2019 | Benzinga Visitors to The 148th Open golf championship in Portrush, Northern Ireland, will notice a remarkable new addition to the prestigious event – cool looking personal stainless steel refillable water bottles that are being carried by thousands of visitors to Royal Portrush instead of previously used single-use plastic water bottles. Read more SVENSKA FÖRETAGET SAMARBETAR MED THE OPEN July 19, 2019 | Svensk Golf Över 237 000 åskådare kommer i veckan befinna sig på Royal Portrush under The Open-veckan. Ingen av dem kommer dricka vatten ur plastflaskor. Detta tack vare svenska företaget Bluewater. Det är inte bara de svenska spelarna som är en del av årets Open Championship på Royal Portrush. Tusentals åskådare njuter under veckan av iskallt, renat, vatten som produceras av svenska företaget Bluewater. Read more COULD THIS BE THE GREENEST OPEN? R&A ANSWERS THIRST FOR CHANGE BY COMMITTING TO FUTURE-PROOF ENTIRE SPORT July 19, 2019 | The Telegraph The most observant of viewers will have noticed a subtle but groundbreaking change at this year’s Open. The players can all be seen sipping on their own rather stylish, laser engraved and personalised stainless steel water bottles that have been introduced for the first time as part of a push to make this the greenest of all major golf events. Read more 6 REASONS WHY THE 2019 OPEN WILL BE ONE FOR THE AGES July 18, 2019 | Golfshake Starting today, the 148th Open Championship begins at Royal Portrush, marking the first time that the Open has been played across the Irish Sea in almost 70 years. 68 years ago, in 1951, the trophy was lifted by the charismatic English golfer Max Faulkner and this year’s competition has all the makings of another classic. Read more R&A TO HAND OUT 5,000 REUSABLE WATER BOTTLES TO SPECTATORS AT THE OPEN July 18, 2019 | The Sustainability Report Bluewater to provide stainless steel bottles and water refilling stations so the tournament can significantly reduce the amount of single-use plastic it uses More than 5,000 stainless steel water bottles will be handed out free to spectators at The Open this weekend as tournament organisers attempt to limit the amount of single-use plastic. Read more BLUEWATER PARTNERS WITH THE OPEN TO REDUCE SINGLE-USE PLASTIC July 10, 2019 | Golfdom The R&A, organizers of The Open Championship, will leverage Bluewater‘s position as a global innovator in drinking water technologies and solutions to provide the 148th Open — being held at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland — with unique water stations and unique reusable stainless steel bottles to enable hundreds of visitors, players, staff and officials to enjoy on-demand fresh water without needing a plastic bottle. Read more 1 2 3 4 … 9
NEW STUDY REVEALS INCREASED THREAT FROM MICROPLASTICS IN TREATED WATER July 26, 2019 | Green Living Guy Bluewater, a global leader in water purification technology and solutions. They are calling for urgent new strategies to tackle plastics pollution. Because after a UK university study revealed water treatment processes exacerbate plastics. They help to break down microplastics into nanoplastics. Read more
BRITAIN’S OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP GOES PLASTIC-FREE July 22, 2019 | CNN The Open Championship became the first of men’s golf’s majors to end the use of single-use plastic water bottles for players and spectators alike. Read more
THE OPEN AND BLUEWATER REDEFINE HOW MAJOR EVENTS CAN SHAPE A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE July 21, 2019 | Golf Daily The R&A has taken the initiative to demonstrate a here-and-now solution that will redefine how major events can shape new business models that help shape a sustainable future that’s good for the planet and humans alike Visitors to The 148th Open golf championship in Portrush, Northern Ireland, will notice a remarkable new addition to the prestigious event – cool looking personal stainless steel refillable water bottles that are being carried by thousands of visitors to Royal Portrush instead of previously used single-use plastic water bottles. Read more
BRITISH OPEN 2019: YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED AT WHAT’S MISSING AT THIS YEAR’S OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP July 21, 2019 | GolfDigest Gaze to the north of Royal Portrush Golf Club and there’s water as far as your eyes will take you. At least, that is, when your head isn’t stuck under an umbrella dodging the rain that comes and goes almost daily in these parts. Water, water, everywhere. But at this year’s Open Championship, there is one place you won’t find it: being sold on the Dunluce Links. Read more
THE OPEN AND BLUEWATER REDEFINE HOW MAJOR EVENTS CAN SHAPE A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE July 20, 2019 | Benzinga Visitors to The 148th Open golf championship in Portrush, Northern Ireland, will notice a remarkable new addition to the prestigious event – cool looking personal stainless steel refillable water bottles that are being carried by thousands of visitors to Royal Portrush instead of previously used single-use plastic water bottles. Read more
SVENSKA FÖRETAGET SAMARBETAR MED THE OPEN July 19, 2019 | Svensk Golf Över 237 000 åskådare kommer i veckan befinna sig på Royal Portrush under The Open-veckan. Ingen av dem kommer dricka vatten ur plastflaskor. Detta tack vare svenska företaget Bluewater. Det är inte bara de svenska spelarna som är en del av årets Open Championship på Royal Portrush. Tusentals åskådare njuter under veckan av iskallt, renat, vatten som produceras av svenska företaget Bluewater. Read more
COULD THIS BE THE GREENEST OPEN? R&A ANSWERS THIRST FOR CHANGE BY COMMITTING TO FUTURE-PROOF ENTIRE SPORT July 19, 2019 | The Telegraph The most observant of viewers will have noticed a subtle but groundbreaking change at this year’s Open. The players can all be seen sipping on their own rather stylish, laser engraved and personalised stainless steel water bottles that have been introduced for the first time as part of a push to make this the greenest of all major golf events. Read more
6 REASONS WHY THE 2019 OPEN WILL BE ONE FOR THE AGES July 18, 2019 | Golfshake Starting today, the 148th Open Championship begins at Royal Portrush, marking the first time that the Open has been played across the Irish Sea in almost 70 years. 68 years ago, in 1951, the trophy was lifted by the charismatic English golfer Max Faulkner and this year’s competition has all the makings of another classic. Read more
R&A TO HAND OUT 5,000 REUSABLE WATER BOTTLES TO SPECTATORS AT THE OPEN July 18, 2019 | The Sustainability Report Bluewater to provide stainless steel bottles and water refilling stations so the tournament can significantly reduce the amount of single-use plastic it uses More than 5,000 stainless steel water bottles will be handed out free to spectators at The Open this weekend as tournament organisers attempt to limit the amount of single-use plastic. Read more
BLUEWATER PARTNERS WITH THE OPEN TO REDUCE SINGLE-USE PLASTIC July 10, 2019 | Golfdom The R&A, organizers of The Open Championship, will leverage Bluewater‘s position as a global innovator in drinking water technologies and solutions to provide the 148th Open — being held at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland — with unique water stations and unique reusable stainless steel bottles to enable hundreds of visitors, players, staff and officials to enjoy on-demand fresh water without needing a plastic bottle. Read more