Bluewater i media Kategorier Arkiv 2019 2018 2020 R&A REMOVES SALE OF SINGLE-USE PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES AT THE OPEN juni 5, 2019 | Golf Business News Next month’s Open Championship at Royal Portrush will become one of the first major global sporting events to remove single-use plastic water bottles from sale. The Open Water initiative has been developed with Bluewater, a 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 fresh water directly to fans, players, staff and officials at The Open. Läs mer AFRICAN INNOVATIONS IN AFFORDABLE DRINKING WATER juni 4, 2019 | Engineering News A water purification system has been designed to offer a self-service drinking water refill solution for consumers. The system offers an alternative to single-use plastic waterbottles and sachets and uses mobile technology to remotely track water usage at retailers across Africa. The Waterpod has been launched by I-Drop Water in partnership with multinational technology and waterpurification company, Bluewater. The system delivers purification for specific water environments by combining the necessary technologies required for each site, while using less than one square meter of floor space. Läs mer WATER PIONEER RECOGNISED maj 17, 2019 | Innovators Magazine Congratulations to Anders Jacobson – co-founder and CEO of impact-led investment company Blue – for being named top of Sweden’s list of super talents. Our Editor-at-Large Marc Buckley caught up with Anders at COP24 in Katowice last December to find out about Bluewater, which is owned by the company, and making the headlines for its role in transforming water consumption on a global scale – listen to what he had to say to Marc. Läs mer 5 ASIAN COUNTRIES THAT SERIOUSLY POLLUTE WATERWAYS maj 14, 2019 | The Science Times Indonesia is home to the most polluted river in the world, the Citarum River. According to media reports, the situation has gotten so dire that military action has recently been taken to remove the plastic waste-and stop further dumping of garbage into the river. However, this is just a small fraction of Asia’s pollution problem. China, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam are dumping more plastic into oceans than the rest of the world combined , according to a 2017 report by Ocean Conservancy. Läs mer FOOTBALL DREAMS COME TRUE FOR LANGA YOUTHS maj 2, 2019 | Vukani Sipumle Ntlako and Lisakhanya Mtumtum from Langa enjoyed the trip of a lifetime after their essays offering solutions for water conservation won them tickets to a Manchester United football game. The teenagers experienced the thrill of attending a match at the famous Old Trafford stadium, stayed in a hotel and saw the sights of Manchester, thanks to a Swedish businessman who believes in the power of dreams. Läs mer THE OCEAN RACE PARTNERS WITH BLUEWATER april 27, 2019 | Sail-World The Ocean Race will partner with pure water provider Bluewater in a bid to reduce global reliance on single-use plastics, it has been announced. The collaboration builds upon the partnership during the past edition of the race to highlight the broad range of impacts plastic are having on ocean health and biodiversity. The new programme of work, with the official drinking water provider of The Ocean Race, will also explore ways education and science can help advance our understanding of the long-term effects of plastic pollution. Läs mer IN THE NEWS: TOM HANKS COULD HAVE USED THIS IN ‘CAST AWAY’ april 27, 2019 | Umgas Magazine Wouldn’t it be great if you could actually drink water from the sea without getting sick? Swedish company Bluewater, which was founded by Swedish environmental entrepreneur Bengt Rittri, has the filtration technology to clean water and make it potable. The company is looking to provide cleaning drinking water — without plastics (both as a vessel and as micro-plastic contaminants). Forbes reports on the impact of Bluewater’s units on one of the islands in Stockholm’s archipelago. Anders Jacobson, Bluewater’s president, stated about the company’s efforts, “It’s coming together in a perfect storm because everyone needs water. Water is a much smaller eco-system than air — and we can’t create it, so if it is contaminated, we have to clean it.” Läs mer THE OCEAN RACE TARGETS SUSTAINABILITY WITH BLUEWATER DEAL april 26, 2019 | SportBusiness The Ocean Race sailing event has signed a new partnership with Swedish water company Bluewater. The deal names Bluewater as the Official Drinking Water Provider of the 2021-22 event. Bluewater will leverage the race to engage with fans and promote its anti-single-use plastic bottle messaging. Race villages will showcase sustainable living solutions, including Bluewater’s water stations which can generate pure water from practically any source. Läs mer THE OCEAN RACE PARTNERS WITH BLUEWATER april 26, 2019 | Action Sports Connection The Ocean Race will partner with pure water provider Bluewater in a bid to reduce global reliance on single-use plastics. The new programme of work, with Bluewater as the official drinking water provider of The Ocean Race, will also explore ways education and science can help advance our understanding of the long-term effects of plastic pollution. Läs mer LOOK, NO PLASTIC! HOW A SWEDISH COMPANY IS PROVIDING FRESH DRINKING WATER FROM THE BALTIC SEA april 25, 2019 | Forbes After relatively little snow and rainfall for over two years, Sweden, a country with 100,000 lakes, is tinder dry. Forest fires have been raging in parts of southern Sweden since before the Easter weekend. For the inhabitants of the 30,000 islands of the Stockholm archipelago, the warm dry Spring is a worrying sign that water may be scarce again this summer, the old aquifers and wells on the islands no longer able to cope with the growing demands posed by increasing numbers of visitors and hotter, drier summers. Läs mer 1 … 4 5 6 … 8
R&A REMOVES SALE OF SINGLE-USE PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES AT THE OPEN juni 5, 2019 | Golf Business News Next month’s Open Championship at Royal Portrush will become one of the first major global sporting events to remove single-use plastic water bottles from sale. The Open Water initiative has been developed with Bluewater, a 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 fresh water directly to fans, players, staff and officials at The Open. Läs mer
AFRICAN INNOVATIONS IN AFFORDABLE DRINKING WATER juni 4, 2019 | Engineering News A water purification system has been designed to offer a self-service drinking water refill solution for consumers. The system offers an alternative to single-use plastic waterbottles and sachets and uses mobile technology to remotely track water usage at retailers across Africa. The Waterpod has been launched by I-Drop Water in partnership with multinational technology and waterpurification company, Bluewater. The system delivers purification for specific water environments by combining the necessary technologies required for each site, while using less than one square meter of floor space. Läs mer
WATER PIONEER RECOGNISED maj 17, 2019 | Innovators Magazine Congratulations to Anders Jacobson – co-founder and CEO of impact-led investment company Blue – for being named top of Sweden’s list of super talents. Our Editor-at-Large Marc Buckley caught up with Anders at COP24 in Katowice last December to find out about Bluewater, which is owned by the company, and making the headlines for its role in transforming water consumption on a global scale – listen to what he had to say to Marc. Läs mer
5 ASIAN COUNTRIES THAT SERIOUSLY POLLUTE WATERWAYS maj 14, 2019 | The Science Times Indonesia is home to the most polluted river in the world, the Citarum River. According to media reports, the situation has gotten so dire that military action has recently been taken to remove the plastic waste-and stop further dumping of garbage into the river. However, this is just a small fraction of Asia’s pollution problem. China, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam are dumping more plastic into oceans than the rest of the world combined , according to a 2017 report by Ocean Conservancy. Läs mer
FOOTBALL DREAMS COME TRUE FOR LANGA YOUTHS maj 2, 2019 | Vukani Sipumle Ntlako and Lisakhanya Mtumtum from Langa enjoyed the trip of a lifetime after their essays offering solutions for water conservation won them tickets to a Manchester United football game. The teenagers experienced the thrill of attending a match at the famous Old Trafford stadium, stayed in a hotel and saw the sights of Manchester, thanks to a Swedish businessman who believes in the power of dreams. Läs mer
THE OCEAN RACE PARTNERS WITH BLUEWATER april 27, 2019 | Sail-World The Ocean Race will partner with pure water provider Bluewater in a bid to reduce global reliance on single-use plastics, it has been announced. The collaboration builds upon the partnership during the past edition of the race to highlight the broad range of impacts plastic are having on ocean health and biodiversity. The new programme of work, with the official drinking water provider of The Ocean Race, will also explore ways education and science can help advance our understanding of the long-term effects of plastic pollution. Läs mer
IN THE NEWS: TOM HANKS COULD HAVE USED THIS IN ‘CAST AWAY’ april 27, 2019 | Umgas Magazine Wouldn’t it be great if you could actually drink water from the sea without getting sick? Swedish company Bluewater, which was founded by Swedish environmental entrepreneur Bengt Rittri, has the filtration technology to clean water and make it potable. The company is looking to provide cleaning drinking water — without plastics (both as a vessel and as micro-plastic contaminants). Forbes reports on the impact of Bluewater’s units on one of the islands in Stockholm’s archipelago. Anders Jacobson, Bluewater’s president, stated about the company’s efforts, “It’s coming together in a perfect storm because everyone needs water. Water is a much smaller eco-system than air — and we can’t create it, so if it is contaminated, we have to clean it.” Läs mer
THE OCEAN RACE TARGETS SUSTAINABILITY WITH BLUEWATER DEAL april 26, 2019 | SportBusiness The Ocean Race sailing event has signed a new partnership with Swedish water company Bluewater. The deal names Bluewater as the Official Drinking Water Provider of the 2021-22 event. Bluewater will leverage the race to engage with fans and promote its anti-single-use plastic bottle messaging. Race villages will showcase sustainable living solutions, including Bluewater’s water stations which can generate pure water from practically any source. Läs mer
THE OCEAN RACE PARTNERS WITH BLUEWATER april 26, 2019 | Action Sports Connection The Ocean Race will partner with pure water provider Bluewater in a bid to reduce global reliance on single-use plastics. The new programme of work, with Bluewater as the official drinking water provider of The Ocean Race, will also explore ways education and science can help advance our understanding of the long-term effects of plastic pollution. Läs mer
LOOK, NO PLASTIC! HOW A SWEDISH COMPANY IS PROVIDING FRESH DRINKING WATER FROM THE BALTIC SEA april 25, 2019 | Forbes After relatively little snow and rainfall for over two years, Sweden, a country with 100,000 lakes, is tinder dry. Forest fires have been raging in parts of southern Sweden since before the Easter weekend. For the inhabitants of the 30,000 islands of the Stockholm archipelago, the warm dry Spring is a worrying sign that water may be scarce again this summer, the old aquifers and wells on the islands no longer able to cope with the growing demands posed by increasing numbers of visitors and hotter, drier summers. Läs mer