#Baltic Sea island idyll Sandhamn is seeing record numbers of boat folks visiting this year as Swedes look for holiday alternatives to their usual Mediterranean seaside haunts due to Covid-19. That is the good news for the island. The bad news is that for the 100 or so people who live all year round on the island and rely on tourism, the upswing in visitors is further threatening the scant #water resources that are running seriously low as a result of climate change and overu

The #Rivers Trust and The #Coca-Cola Foundation have launched a new three year programme which will help clean some of Britain’s most polluted #rivers, reduce #flood risk, and create new #wetland habitats in both rural and urban locations across the country. Encompassing six distinct #water management, environmental restoration and conservation projects, the ‘green infrastructure’ initiative will improve water quality and sequester carbon in the Thames and South East basins –

Following a suggestion by a member of staff to reduce the amount of single use plastics in the workplace, and in a bid to encourage the health and wellbeing of its employees, Macclesfield based Plastic Card Services (#PCS) has provided all staff with #reusable and eco friendly #water bottles. Adam Unsworth, managing director of PCS, commented: ‘Our staff are our most important asset, without them we wouldn’t be where we are today. Their input is invaluable, which is why we op

Innovative Italian to-go brand, #CocodiMama, has made the decision to completely remove all #plastic #water bottles from its shelves. The new initiative will save 180,000 plastic bottles per year. Coco di Mama will be offering free water refills in all of its stores and also introducing an infinitely #recyclable alternative to plastic bottles, with resealable #canned water from #CanO Water from £1. CanO Water is infinitely recyclable and made from an average of 60% recycled c

The inventor and entrepreneur behind #Choose Water, a 100% biodegradable #water #bottle, is now expanding his range to include #containers for common domestic items such as washing up liquid. In May 2018, James Longcroft made headlines when he launched his company Choose Water. Experimenting with materials on his kitchen table, science graduate James developed a water bottle that totally #biodegraded within a matter of hours! Created from a combination of non toxic, sustainab

The 100% #recycled material used by British #water brand Belu generates 75% less carbon emissions than aluminium and is easily recycled unlike a carton. Pioneering social enterprise and ethical water company, #Belu, has announced that it will become the first water company in the UK to make 100% of its #plastic #bottles from 100% recycled plastic bottles. CEO Karen Lynch commented, ‘We have come to the conclusion that where the single use can’t be removed, the answer to our a

It can be challenging to balance corrosion protection and worker safety in manufacturing, since many powerful corrosion inhibitors are hazardous chemicals. However, #Cortec Corporation has repeatedly demonstrated the potential for replacing many traditional hazardous materials with more environmentally responsible, user friendly alternatives such as Cortec’s #VpCI-386 #water based #coating. Just last year, Cortec was able to help a refrigerator coil manufacturer replace a sol

Twenty shortlisted student projects that offer new solutions to reducing #plastic waste and cleaning up the world’s #water will go head to head in a Dragon’s Den style pitch in London, Amsterdam, Berlin and Kathmandu this month – 15 to 16 June 2019. The winners will receivea research grant, as well as industry mentoring and support to develop their concepts. Ideas from the UK’s semi-finalists include: a water bottle made from recycled clothing waste; recycling bins that give