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THE OPEN TAKES ANOTHER LEADERSHIP STEP

July 7, 2019 | GEO Foundation

Golf tournaments and events have an important opportunity to showcase sustainability in front of a large audience. This week, The Open takes another leadership step demonstrating its sustainability commitment, announcing that this summer’s Open Championship at Royal Portrush will mark a stand being taken against single-use plastics.

When The Open returns to one of Northern Ireland’s most iconic venues, fresh water will be delivered directly to fans, players, staff and officials through water-refilling stations and special edition reusable stainless steel bottles.

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THE OPEN LEADS THE WAY IN REMOVING SINGLE-USE PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES

June 17, 2019 | Causeway Coast Community News

The Open will become one of the first major global sporting events to remove single-use plastic water bottles in a move supported by the UN.

The Open Water initiative has been developed with Bluewater – the leading global innovator in drinking water solutions – to deliver a pioneering new approach to supplying drinking water at a major event by using water refilling stations and reusable stainless steel bottles to deliver pure fresh water directly to fans, players, staff and officials at The Open.

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OPEN ANNOUNCES CLEAN WATER INITIATIVE

June 14, 2019 | Sport for Business

The Open will become one of the first major global sporting events to remove single-use plastic water bottles when it lands in Northern Ireland on the Causeway Coast in July.

The initiative is supported by the UN and will form one of the keynote presentations at the Sport for Business Sport for Social Good Conference taking place at Ulster University on the opening day of the Championship.

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STUDY REVEALS INGESTION OF MICROPLASTICS

June 13, 2019 | Business Ghana

Bluewater, a global leader in water purification technology and solutions, today called on governments around the world to urgently tackle plastic pollution. The Bluewater call to action came in response to a new WWF study called ‘Assessing Plastic Ingestion from Nature to People’, which reports that humans are ingesting microplastics on massive level from the water they drink, the food they eat and the air they breathe, ingesting an average 5 grams of plastic per week, which is the equivalent of one credit card.

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STUDY: HUMANS INGEST MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF MICROPLASTICS, EQUIVALENT TO EATING A CREDIT CARD A WEEK

June 13, 2019 | African Eye Report

Bluewater, a global leader in water purification technology and solutions, today called on governments around the world to urgently tackle plastic pollution.

The Bluewater call to action came in response to a new WWF study called ‘Assessing Plastic Ingestion from Nature to People’, which reports that humans are ingesting microplastics on massive level from the water they drink, the food they eat and the air they breathe, ingesting an average 5 grams of plastic per week, which is the equivalent of one credit card. 2

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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

June 12, 2019 | My Social Good News

Bluewater, a global leader in water purification technology and solutions, today called on governments around the world to urgently tackle plastic pollution. The Bluewater call to action came in response to a new WWF study called ‘Assessing Plastic Ingestion from Nature to People’, which reports that humans are ingesting microplastics on massive level from the water they drink, the food they eat and the air they breathe, ingesting an average 5 grams of plastic per week, which is the equivalent of one credit card.

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THE OPEN TAKES ANOTHER LEADERSHIP STEP

June 7, 2019 | GEO Foundation

Golf tournaments and events have an important opportunity to showcase sustainability in front of a large audience. This week, The Open takes another leadership step demonstrating its sustainability commitment, announcing that this summer’s Open Championship at Royal Portrush will mark a stand being taken against single-use plastics.

Read more

THE OPEN LEADING THE WAY IN REMOVING SINGLE-USE PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES

June 7, 2019 | Golf Industry Central

The Open will become one of the first major global sporting events to remove single-use plastic water bottles in a move supported by the United Nations.

The Open Water initiative has been developed with Bluewater – the leading global innovator in drinking water solutions – to deliver a pioneering new approach to supplying drinking water at a major event by using water refilling stations and reusable stainless steel bottles to deliver pure fresh water directly to fans, players, staff and officials at The Open.

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R&A CALLS TIME ON PLASTIC BOTTLES AT THE OPEN

June 6, 2019 | The Herald

THEY have become ground zero in the debate over how to combat the rising tide of plastic waste polluting the planet.

And now one of Scotland‘s oldest and most famous sporting institutions has joined the ranks of those calling time on single-use water bottles, with the R & A pledging to rid this year’s Open Championship of their presence once and for all.

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THE OPEN LEADING THE WAY IN REMOVING SINGLE-USE PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES

June 6, 2019 | Asian Golf Industry Federation

The Open will become one of the first major global sporting events to remove single-use plastic water bottles in a move supported by the United Nations.

The Open Water initiative has been developed with Bluewater – the leading global innovator in drinking water solutions – to deliver a pioneering new approach to supplying drinking water at a major event by using water refilling stations and reusable stainless steel bottles to deliver pure fresh water directly to fans, players, staff and officials at The Open.

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