Categories: david noble

20 January 2025 01:00

Tiny plastic particles in tap and bottled water could be an invisible health threat – new study uncovers hidden risks.

Stockholm, Sweden – January 20, 2025 – A damning new study published in PLOS Water reveals that French drinking water is saturated with microplastics smaller than 20 micrometers (µm), prompting global water company Bluewater to call on governments, regulators, and industries around the world to act decisively to protect public health. These tiny particles, fine enough to infiltrate human blood and

12 August 2024 03:58

Research links plastic bottles to raised blood pressure, increasing risk of heart attacks, strokes, dementia, and cancer

Bluewater says the numerous studies investigating the health impact of single-use plastic bottles underscore the urgent need for consumers to take their safety into their own hands and ditch plastic bottles for alternatives such as sustainable stainless-steel bottles or glass bottles protected in a shatter-proofing silicon sleeve.

14 June 2024 04:09

In World Refill Day Call, Bluewater Urges Bottle Manufacturers to Take Responsibility for Sustainably Removing Their Products

“The stark reality of 600 billion single-use plastic bottles being produced annually, leading to environmental and health crises, is driving Bluewater to intensify its advocacy efforts,” said Bluewater CEO Bengt Rittri.

22 December 2022 03:16

Bluewater appoints new Chief Technology Officer

The water purification business is seeing strong growth as people almost everywhere increasingly question their tap water quality. Bluewater is well-positioned with the right products and people to leverage that opportunity.

18 November 2022 04:59

Bluewater calls on South American sports organisations to carry the sustainability baton faster, stresses solutions exist to replace single-use plastic bottles

Bluewater provides planet-friendly solutions helping large-scale events and festivals hydrate hundreds of thousands of fans with its unique hydration systems that end the need for polluting single-use plastic bottles.

6 April 2022 05:00

SWEDEN ’S BLUEWATER MERGES WITH DENVER-BASED FLOWATER CREATING GLOBAL POWERHOUSE IN DRINKING WATER PURIFICATION

More choices in safer drinking water ow available for business and consumers as they turn away from single-use plastic water bottles, says Bengt Rittri, Bluewater founder and CEO.

23 February 2022 06:03

Bluewater Group appoints Philip Russell new Managing Director for fast-growing events and venues business

Philip’s strategic appointment signals Bluewater’s intent to double down on our mission to deliver world-class hydration solutions and services that can help premium events transform their environmental business ecosphere and shift from a plastic bottle model to a financial and sustainable model that benefits their profitability and the health of the planet.

3 October 2021 06:28

Study finds 10 times more microplastics in baby poop than that of adults

Research by environmental scientists at the New York University School of Medicine found microplastics widely used in bottles and polyester textiles, for example, are ten times higher in baby poop than in adult stool.

20 August 2021 05:39

Nothing like sweet water from Bluewater for professional crews as the professional crews take to the water for the 52 SUPER SERIES launch Puerto Portals Mallorca

"We are super pleased that the Super Series organisers yet again chose to ensure that the professional sailors competing will be drinking water purified of practically every known potential contaminant, from lead to chemicals to micro-plastics,” said Bluewater spokesperson Dave Noble

9 August 2021 09:11

Final Meltdown: Bluewater says planet put on red alert by landmark climate report

"Unless there are immediate, rapid and large-scale reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, limiting warming to close to 1.5°C or even 2°C will be beyond reach, which is shocking, scary and a huge wake-up call."

15 July 2021 06:43

149:e upplagan av golfmästerskapet The Open, inkl spelarna, är försedda med återanvändningsbara Bluewater-flaskor för att stötta R&A:s kamp mot engångsplast

Stockholm, Sverige, 15 juli 2021 - De 156 golfspelarna som tävlar i den 149:e upplagan av The Open på Royal St George's i Sandwich,Kent, England, den 11-18 juli kommer att bidra till långsiktig hållbarhet genom att använda sina unika Bluewater-vattenflaskor av livsmedelsklassat rostfritt stål. Det svenska vattenföretaget har gett spelarna varsin unik och personlig Bluewater-flaska med sitt namn in

2 February 2021 07:05

La société Bluewater, spécialiste des technologies de l'eau, lance une boutique en ligne de vente directe de bouteilles

Bluewater, la société suédoise de technologies de purification de l'eau, a lancé une nouvelle boutique en ligne sur laquelle elle propose sa nouvelle gamme de bouteilles durables de qualité supérieure en inox et en verre.

6 January 2021 05:53

Making 2021 The Year of Water And Human Wellbeing

“Bluewater is on a mission to help end the cradle-to-grave plastic bottle cycle. That’s why we have developed alternatives to single-use plastic bottles, from innovative water purifiers to sustainable water bottles, that help people at work, home, and on the go, to hydrate more healthily,” David Noble said.

7 December 2020 05:54

A grim legacy looms without action being taken on our relationship with plastic

By late 2015 around 5,800 million tons of plastic waste had been generated, with 60% discarded to landfills or the natural environment, such as the oceans. According to the World Economic Forum, an estimated 8 billion tons of plastic are still being dumped into our oceans every year, most of which fragments into microplastic particles.

23 November 2020 05:31

Bluewater debuts new Planet Water podcast to share insight into water issues around the planet

Bluewater’s Planet Water podcast would strive to be a lively platform for leading water professionals, environment and climate change movers and shakers, business leaders, and individuals

20 October 2020 09:55

New study reveals huge scale of microplastics release from plastic products

Bluewater calls for more detailed research into real world effects of microplastic pollution on human health after new science shows the problem is worse than previously imagined.

20 August 2020 04:56

Internationell framgång för svensk vattenflaska som lanseras på AIG Women's Open Golf Championships för att bidra till en grönare värld

R&A, som arrangerar AIG Women’s Open, förser spelarna i startfältet med en personlig Bluewater flaska med deras eget namn ingraverat för att uppmärksamma på behovet att minska användningen av engångsflaskor i plast som ofta hamnar i haven och som det tar hundratals år att bryta ner

9 August 2020 05:52

Fair winds and pure drinking water set perfect scene for annual Sandhamn Regatta by Bluewater

This year saw Bluewater launch its own range of environmentally friendly BPA-free water bottles, available in both stainless steel and shatter-proof glass with silicon sleeves, as a means to end the need for the single use plastic water bottles that are partly responsible for the global plague of micro-plastics now in the water we drink, air we breathe and food we eat...

22 July 2020 08:30

Bluewater Welcomes California Decision To Adopt Definition of Microplastics in Drinking Water

WWF research says that the largest source of human plastic ingestion is drinking water, with plastic found in groundwater, surface water, tap water and bottled water all over the world

17 July 2020 06:08

Royal Swedish Yacht Club and Bluewater team up in unique seawater harvesting initiative in Baltic Sea

A unique seawater harvesting partnership between the Royal Swedish Yacht Club and Sweden’s global watertech company Bluewater has brought hope to picture-postcard Sandhamn in the Baltic Sea that its income attracting marina won’t cause the Stockholm archipelago island community to run its water reserves dry.