Are we ready to change our habits, and reuse one really good bottle, instead of throwing away tons of plastic? The Chilly’s Bottle is a reusable bottle that can keep your water ice cold for up to 24 hours. Chilly’s mission is to accelerate the adoption and everyday use of reusable products. They aim to do this through “creating products with the perfect balance of distinctive style and unrivalled performance.”

By Kristina de Verdier on 6 December, 2016 In bottle, Design, packaging, reuse, sustainable, water

People throw away billions of plastic bottles every year and that’s a problem because it takes plastic around 450 years to decompose, which is kind of a long time. Ari Jónsson is a product design student who studies at the Icelandic Academy of Arts. Recently he came up with a way to create a completely biodegradable water bottle using red algae powder. The substance can be formed into a bottle by adding water, heat, placing the resulting jelly into a mold and then putting the mold into a freezer. “What makes this mix of algae and water an interesting solution is the lifespan of the bottle,” says Ari Jónsson, a product design student at Iceland Academy of the Arts, who created the experimental bottle. “It needs to contain liquid to keep its shape and as soon as it’s empty it will start to decompose.” Ari Jónsson exhibited his biodegradable bottle at a design festival in Reykjavik earlier this month.

By Kristina de Verdier on 6 April, 2016 In algae, Design, packaging, sustainable, water

Danone Waters France launches la Goutte, 20 cl of evian that you can drink on the go by bying it directly from delivery tricycles or from unique places such as prestigious boutiques, spas, luxury resorts…

By Kristina de Verdier on 11 May, 2014 In bottle, danone, evian, water

Lovely way to encourage the usage of tap water. Designed by Designers Anonymous. “We designed refillable water bottles for use during meetings held in our studio. Our bottles feature a simple silhouette of a boat (in-keeping with our brand styling) the boat was a natural fit for a water bottle. On the still water bottle It’s anchored and stationary; for sparkling water, the propeller creates bubbles.”

By Kristina de Verdier on 12 November, 2013 In glass, Re-use, tap water, water

“Life is a recycled paper-made water container designed for Milano Expo 2015. Despite recycling initiatives, there are still tons of plastic bottles being thrown into landfills. Life is a product designed to dissuade people from using plastic bottles with a one-day-use bottle easy to be recharged and recycled again. Life is made from recycled paper and it doesn’t use any chemical ink or adhesives. The green cord is made from natural cotton.” Designed by Andrea Ponti

By Kristina de Verdier on 22 April, 2013 In Beverages, Re-use, water

A portable, easy-to-use and environmentally-friendly water filter bag that fits into the neck of a bottle – and cleans highly polluted water. “The water is cleaned right then and there when you drink from the bottle,” says the designer behind the filter, Dr Eugene Cloete, from the Stellenbosch University in South Africa. There are also plans to commercialise the filter bag into a product that can be used by outdoor enthusiasts on hiking or camping trips. Watch a video on Youtube and get more information here

By Kristina de Verdier on 7 September, 2010 In africa, Beverages, Design, eugene cloete, filter, Health, package, pollution, tea bag, water

The 360 Paper Bottle – A water package made entirely of recycled materials. Made by Brand Image. They accepted the challenge against plastic bottles and they did it very well. Not only looking into the material usage but also designed a functional package and opening. I am thinking it might work with water, but hasn´t it even more potential with other drinks?

By Kristina de Verdier on 26 November, 2008 In 360, Beverages, bottle, Paper, recycled material, water

Conceptual. A PET bottle disinfecting microbiologically contaminated raw water. The bottle has two faces; one transparent face for maximum UV-A rays collection and one Al face that absorbs the infrared sunrays, heating it and therefore starting the disinfection. Alberto Meda and Francisco Gomez Paz are the designers and apparently they are looking for a producer.

By Kristina de Verdier on 30 October, 2008 In Beverages, bottle, concept, Material, PET, Plastic, solar, UV-A, water

No-Bottle – A light-weight plastic bottle. It weighs 25 to 40 % less, which means huge energy saving for transportation and machinery handling, where they handle several tons of bottles every day. “Back to the tap” with filter and reusable bottle has winning arguments over these plastic bottles. But in the real world people are using disposable packages, why this is a step in right direction. They figured out how to reduce the thickness of the walls and still have a bottle with structure.

By Kristina de Verdier on 26 September, 2008 In Beverages, bottle, Plastic, water

Back to the tap is a project selling reusable bottles with an inbuilt filter. This bottle filters the water as you drink it. All you have to do is to change the filter every now and then (approximately 3 months). An alternative to the disposable plastic bottles. On their web page they are presenting interesting figures how many disposable bottles people actually are purchasing a year, and how much it contributes to the global plastic waste. You can also read more about the subject on Treehugger.

By Kristina de Verdier on 4 September, 2008 In Beverages, innovation, Plastic, water