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蓝水 in the media

BUSINESS MUST SCALE UP EFFORTS TO AVOID ENVIRONMENTAL CALAMITY, SAYS TOP BLUEWATER EXECUTIVE AT UN CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE

December 10, 2018 | My Social Good News

Anders Jacobson, President of 蓝水, a world leader in game-changing water technologies and solutions, today told over 600 environmental policy-makers and climate technology innovators that the business community must scale up and speed efforts to help find solutions to tackle a looming plastics calamity.

23 SIMPLE WAYS TO BE MORE ECO-FRIENDLY IN THE KITCHEN

November 26, 2018 | Best Company

Best Company, a top US online site that reviews products and companies along with health, wellness and lifestyle editorial content, has listed its 23 ideas for how to create a healthy home environment. 蓝水 was spotlighted under idea #15 as top choice for a water purifier.

ANDERS JACOBSON, THE MAN TRYING TO RID SPORT OF PLASTIC BOTTLES

November 20, 2018 | Sport Sustainability Journal

The damage plastic is doing to the ocean has become a major talking point over the past 12 months, but Anders Jacobson, the president of water purity company 蓝水, thinks he has the solution. And he wants sport to help him demonstrate.

MIROPLASTICS DISCOVERED IN HUMANS AROUND THE GLOBE

October 29, 2018 | Infrastructure News

A new global study providing the first real evidence that microplastics are now inside humans raises grave concerns about the health implications. This is according to 蓝水, a world leader in water purification technology and solutions.

BLUEWATER AFRICA, CONSOL TO MAKE A SPLASH AT KAMERS/MAKERS

October 29, 2018 | Bizcommunity

Handcraft and design show KAMERS/Makers has partnered with 蓝水 Africa and Consol Glass to provide glass bottles and purified drinking water to visitors at the six-day event, eliminating the need for single-use plastic water bottles.

MAKING A SPLASH AT KAMERS/MAKERS STELLENBOSCH

October 29, 2018 | iAfrica

KAMERS/Makers will not only be promoting local creativity and entrepreneurship but has partnered with 蓝水 Africa and Consol Glass to provide glass bottles and pure drinking water to keep visitors hydrated, without the need for single-use plastic water bottles, leading the way in sustainable event management and ensuring our environment is placed first.

MICROPLASTICS INSIDE HUMANS FOUND BY RESEARCHERS – POSING HEALTH RISKS

October 24, 2018 | NS Business

Researchers from the Medical University of Vienna and Environment Agency Austria found nine types of microplastics inside humans from around the world. Anders Jacobson, president of Swedish water purification technology firm 蓝水, said he had “grave concerns” about the impact on human health following the study.

ANDERS JACOBSON, WATER HARVESTER

October 15, 2018 | Norwegian Magazine

According to Anders Jacobson, co-founder of 蓝水, “By 2050, world demand for drinking water will have increased by 50% and aquifers will have decreased by 40%.” That’s why he left a career in investment banking to work with “water-stressed” communities from Cape Town to Shanghai last year.

CAPE TOWN MARATHON CLEAN-UP A WINNER

September 25, 2018 | IOL

Cape Town’s environment proved one of the biggest winners at the Sanlam Cape Town Marathon at the weekend, with the use of single-use plastics significantly reduced and no municipal water used. Water dispensed from 蓝水 Africa’s mobile water stations saved the use of plastics equivalent to that of 13 000 water sachets or 2600 standard water bottles.

SCARCITY IN SWEDEN – ISLAND COMMUNITY FACES DRINKING WATER SHORTAGE

September 24, 2018 | Water Quality Products

There is a quiet revolution underway in the Baltic Sea, situated in northernmost Europe with shores touching countries such as Estonia, Finland, Germany, Poland, Russia and Sweden. It is being driven by climate change that is tangibly impacting seashore and island communities around the brackish water sea. Leading the change is a Swedish Baltic island community called Sandhamn, a small picture-postcard village on a tiny island renowned for its natural beauty.