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Going Green- Bottled Water Store.com Recycled Water Bottles

 

Bottled Water Store.com announces a “break-through” in private label bottle water packaging. Effective immediately, our new line of environmentally friendly Regenerate™ RPET water bottles will be made available to our customers that are served primarily from our California bottling facility. These bottles are made entirely from previously recycled beverage containers. This is truly an industry first.

 

Currently, about 33% of all plastic beverage containers in the U.S. are recycled. Most of these containers are made from PET which is a clear plastic polymer used in package and container manufacturing. As always, we are committed to finding ways to improve our products, and position ourselves as an industry leader.  The use of previously recycled PET will allow all of us to reduce our CO2 emissions by 1 – 1 ½ pounds for every 1 pound of plastic recycled.

 

Countless hours of research as well as a substantial financial investment on our part went into the development of this concept. The hard work and diligent efforts have paid off and we are truly happy to share our new proprietary container with you, our business partners, clients and customers. These bottles will be automatically substituted as our current inventories are depleted. For more information, go to bottledwaterstore.com. 

Bottled Water Has Lightest Environmental Footprint

A new study finds that water, in all its forms, has the least environmental impact of any beverage choice. And when compared to other packaged beverages, including soft drinks, sports drinks, enhanced waters and juices, bottled water has the lightest environmental footprint.

The “life cycle analysis study,” available at www.beveragelcafootprint.com, was commissioned by Nestle Waters North America and conducted by Quantis International, a well recognized leader in life cycle analyses and related applications.

The study is believed to be the first peer reviewed, comprehensive analysis of the environmental impact of water and alternative beverage options, including filtered and un-filtered tap water consumed from reusable plastic, steel and aluminum containers. The analysis follows internationally accepted standards for methodology and transparency in reporting all findings, including favorable and unfavorable comparisons with other beverage options.

According to the report, packaging and distribution are key contributors to a beverage’s carbon footprint. Nestle Waters’ Eco-Shape bottled water has the smallest environmental impact among bottled beverages because the bottles use the least amount of plastic and travel a relatively short distance from source to shelf. Bottled water also doesn’t use “grown” ingredients, such as sugar, which eliminates the environmental impact of additional water, pesticides and energy usage associated with harvesting those ingredients. The report determines Eco-Shape to be the best choice for the environment among drinks in packages.

Key findings from the study include:

Water is the least environmentally impactful beverage option

• Tap water has the lightest footprint, followed by tap water consumed in reusable bottles (if used more than 10 times), and then by bottled water

• Water of all types accounts for 41% of a consumer’s total beverage consumption, but represents just 12% of a consumer’s climate change impact

• Milk, coffee, beer, wine and juice together comprise 28% of a consumer’s total beverage consumption, but represent 58% of climate change impact

Bottled water is the most environmentally responsible packaged drink choice

• Sports drinks, enhanced waters and soda produce nearly 50% more carbon dioxide emissions per serving than bottled water

• Juice, beer and milk produce nearly three times as many carbon dioxide emissions per serving as bottled water

Nestlé Waters’ Eco-Shape bottled water is the most environmentally responsible packaged drink choice because it uses the least plastic

• 140 grams of greenhouse gas emissions are produced during the life cycle of one half-liter serving of Eco-Shape bottled water

• 160 grams of greenhouse gas emissions are produced during the life cycle of one half-liter serving of other bottled water brands (based on typical characteristics)

• The life cycle of sports drinks and enhanced waters produces 250 grams and 260 grams of carbon emissions per half-liter servings, respectively

Choosing between bottled and tap water is just one of many decisions that affect the environmental impact of the water consumers drink

• Aspects such as transportation, refrigeration, dishwashing and recycling can also play a large role, as do choices among options within the bottled water category

Consumers can decrease the climate change impact of consuming an Eco-Shape bottle by 25% if they simply recycle it

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO), a network of the national standards institutes in 163 countries, provides specific guidelines for conducting a life cycle analysis. According to ISO, life cycle analysis addresses the environmental aspects throughout a product’s life cycle, from raw material acquisition through production, use, end-of-life treatment, recycling (where appropriate), and final disposal. Where information from the manufacturers of other products is unavailable, this study assumes equal performance with Nestlé Waters.

“Water is the hero in this story, regardless of whether a person chooses bottled or tap. But sometimes tap is not available or preferred. This report also shows that people can feel good about drinking our water, since our water in the Eco-Shape bottle is the best option, among packaged beverages, for the environment,” said Kim Jeffery, president and CEO, Nestlé Waters North America.

“And, from a health perspective, choosing bottled water – with no calories, sweeteners or additives – is about the smartest choice one can make among packaged beverages.”

“Bottled water, like every beverage, has an environmental footprint. The question is, what are we doing to reduce it?” says Alex McIntosh, director of corporate citizenship, Nestlé Waters North America. “This study helps us – and our stakeholders – consider the impacts of beverage options in a fuller context. For example, this report indicates that bottled water bans can be counterproductive from an environmental perspective, since research shows if bottled water were not available, two-thirds of people would drink other packaged beverages, like soft drinks and juices, which often have more impact on the environment than bottled water.

“More importantly, this report helps direct our efforts of more sustainable product and packaging designs in the future,” McIntosh adds. “The study confirms that initiatives such as reducing plastic in our bottles, taking a regional approach to distribution and advocating for comprehensive recycling are the right strategies for our business and for the environment.”

“Our results show the importance of communicating more complete messages to consumers on environmental topics,” says Jon Dettling, US director for Quantis International. “The results reinforce the view that tap water has a lighter environmental footprint than bottled water, but also examine a variety of other choices consumers make about their consumption of both water and other beverages. Consumers, retailers and others who have an interest in making a difference for the environment can use these findings to make informed decisions about their choice of beverage, choice among water options, and choice in how much of each they consume.”

Source: Nestlé Waters North American

 

A Splash of H-2-Obama

As Barack Obama marks his first 100 days as US president today, it's timely to report on a company such as Mount Desert Spring Water, which is keen to ride on the president's popularity to help sell its bottled water, H-2-Obama.

This news follows the endorsement that Buxton water inadvertently received from the president in April when he visited Britain. Now that was invaluable publicity.

There's no doubt that drinks brands, let alone hundreds of millions of fans in the US and overseas nations, are still smitten with the man. There are countless items of merchandise on sale in stores and online making use of Obama's image to sell products. Probably the best example is the Obama ice cream flavor served up to customers of Ben & Jerry's, 'Yes Pecan'.

Of course, the jury is still out on whether Obama will be able to handle a long list of domestic and foreign crises engulfing the nascent US administration: the recent outbreak of Mexican Swine Flu; the credit crunch; and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, to name but a few.

However, one thing is certain. There's no truth to the rumor sweeping the offices of Water Innovation magazine that Air Force One was flying low over New York City yesterday with free samples of H-2-Obama to drop on unsuspecting financial workers in lower Manhattan. Nevertheless, that would have been one hell of a photo opportunity!

Spa scoops European Mineral Water prize

Published date: 30 January 2009 

Spa produced by Spadel of Belgium has been awarded the Mineral Water Quality Prize by Centro Europeo di Ricerca Acque Minerali, the European Centre for Mineral Water Research based in Italy.

The prize is the result of a comparative scientific study carried out by Ceram’s Scientific Committee and is based on four criteria:

• The intrinsic characteristics of the product
• The company’s policy relating to the protection of natural resources
• Research and development
  
• The marketing of the product.

Cream Director, Professor Massimiliano Imperato, said: “I'm pleased to award this first prize to a Belgian mineral water that has been outstanding in the history of natural mineral waters and that, still today, is well-known for its original purity and consistent quality. The quality of the water has made the name of Spa famous throughout the whole world.”

Spadel's main water brands are: Spa, Bru, Wattwiller and Brecon Carreg. Spa is marketed under three brands: Spa Reine (still), Spa Barisart (sparkling) and Spa Marie-Henriette (lightly sparkling).

In 2007, the Group posted a turnover of €254.8m and it employs 770 people, 660 of them in Belgium. Spadel owns four production units, two of which are in Belgium (Spa Monopole and Bru-Chevron), one in France (Les Grandes Sources de Wattwiller) and one in Wales (Brecon).

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