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BLUEWATER IN THE MEDIA

BRITAIN’S OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP GOES PLASTIC-FREE

July 22, 2019 | CNN

The Open Championship became the first of men’s golf’s majors to end the use of single-use plastic water bottles for players and spectators alike.

BRITISH OPEN 2019: YOU MIGHT BE SURPRISED AT WHAT’S MISSING AT THIS YEAR’S OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

July 21, 2019 | GolfDigest

Gaze to the north of Royal Portrush Golf Club and there’s water as far as your eyes will take you. At least, that is, when your head isn’t stuck under an umbrella dodging the rain that comes and goes almost daily in these parts.

Water, water, everywhere. But at this year’s Open Championship, there is one place you won’t find it: being sold on the Dunluce Links.

THE OPEN AND BLUEWATER REDEFINE HOW MAJOR EVENTS CAN SHAPE A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

July 20, 2019 | Benzinga

Visitors to The 148th Open golf championship in Portrush, Northern Ireland, will notice a remarkable new addition to the prestigious event – cool looking personal stainless steel refillable water bottles that are being carried by thousands of visitors to Royal Portrush instead of previously used single-use plastic water bottles.

SVENSKA FÖRETAGET SAMARBETAR MED THE OPEN

July 19, 2019 | Svensk Golf

Över 237 000 åskådare kommer i veckan befinna sig på Royal Portrush under The Open-veckan. Ingen av dem kommer dricka vatten ur plastflaskor. Detta tack vare svenska företaget Bluewater.

Det är inte bara de svenska spelarna som är en del av årets Open Championship på Royal Portrush. Tusentals åskådare njuter under veckan av iskallt, renat, vatten som produceras av svenska företaget Bluewater.

COULD THIS BE THE GREENEST OPEN? R&A ANSWERS THIRST FOR CHANGE BY COMMITTING TO FUTURE-PROOF ENTIRE SPORT

July 19, 2019 | The Telegraph

The most observant of viewers will have noticed a subtle but groundbreaking change at this year’s Open. The players can all be seen sipping on their own rather stylish, laser engraved and personalised stainless steel water bottles that have been introduced for the first time as part of a push to make this the greenest of all major golf events.

6 REASONS WHY THE 2019 OPEN WILL BE ONE FOR THE AGES

July 18, 2019 | Golfshake.com

Starting today, the 148th Open Championship begins at Royal Portrush, marking the first time that the Open has been played across the Irish Sea in almost 70 years. 68 years ago, in 1951, the trophy was lifted by the charismatic English golfer Max Faulkner and this year’s competition has all the makings of another classic. 与许多杰出的故事情节, a panoramic and brilliantly designed course, as well as rowdy but respectful Irish crowds, I predict that this year’s championship will vindicate the decision to bring it back to Portrush. Without further ado, here are six reasons why the 2019 Open is sure to be a hugely entertaining and important tournament.

R&A TO HAND OUT 5,000 REUSABLE WATER BOTTLES TO SPECTATORS AT THE OPEN

July 18, 2019 | The Sustainability Report

Bluewater to provide stainless steel bottles and water refilling stations so the tournament can significantly reduce the amount of single-use plastic it uses

More than 5,000 stainless steel water bottles will be handed out free to spectators at The Open this weekend as tournament organisers attempt to limit the amount of single-use plastic.

BLUEWATER PARTNERS WITH THE OPEN TO REDUCE SINGLE-USE PLASTIC

July 10, 2019 | Golfdom

The R&A, organizers of The Open Championship, will leverage Bluewater‘s position as a global innovator in drinking water technologies and solutions to provide the 148th Open — being held at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland — with unique water stations and unique reusable stainless steel bottles to enable hundreds of visitors, players, staff and officials to enjoy on-demand fresh water without needing a plastic bottle.

THE OPEN TAKES ANOTHER LEADERSHIP STEP

July 7, 2019 | GEO Foundation

Golf tournaments and events have an important opportunity to showcase sustainability in front of a large audience. This week, The Open takes another leadership step demonstrating its sustainability commitment, announcing that this summer’s Open Championship at Royal Portrush will mark a stand being taken against single-use plastics.

When The Open returns to one of Northern Ireland’s most iconic venues, fresh water will be delivered directly to fans, players, staff and officials through water-refilling stations and special edition reusable stainless steel bottles.

THE OPEN LEADS THE WAY IN REMOVING SINGLE-USE PLASTIC WATER BOTTLES

June 17, 2019 | Causeway Coast Community News

The Open will become one of the first major global sporting events to remove single-use plastic water bottles in a move supported by the UN.

The Open Water initiative has been developed with Bluewater – the leading global innovator in drinking water solutions – to deliver a pioneering new approach to supplying drinking water at a major event by using water refilling stations and reusable stainless steel bottles to deliver pure fresh water directly to fans, players, staff and officials at The Open.