BWT Bottle Free Zones

Plastic Planet

1000000

plastic bottles are generated worldwide per minute and transported around the globe

2050

there will be more plastic than fish in the oceans

350^%

the transport of goods will increase

The population of our earth is growing rapidly - by 2050 there will be more than 10 billion people on our planet and the demand for hygienic clean drinking water will rise by 55%. Today more than 800 million people have no access to clean, healthy and pure water.

Approximately one million plastic bottles are produced around the world every minute, which are then transported across the globe, generating unnecessary CO2 emissions and tons of plastic waste.

We all live on a "plastic planet". In around 30 years there will be more plastic than fish in the oceans. The flood of plastic is steadily increasing and so-called microplastics can be found everywhere - in the air, in the soil, in our food and in the water, it has already been detected in the body.

The transport of goods will increase by 350% over the next 30 years. That is 4.5 times the volume of transport compared to today. A big problem for people and the globe.

Bottle Free Zone

It is BWT's declared aim to make water of a perfect drinking water quality available all over the world. With innovative, patented BWT technologies, it is possible to filter local water and at the same time enrich it with valuable minerals and trace elements such as magnesium, zinc and silicate. Thanks to BWT, great-tasting, mineralized water of the best quality comes directly from the tap, the water dispenser or the table water filter.

This saves the laborious transport, storage and disposal of water bottles. BWT pays particular attention to sustainability, social responsibility and the careful use of limited resources in order to guarantee future generations a beautiful, liveable world. With the philosophy of the Bottle Free Zone, BWT are getting closer to this goal every day, sip by sip. However, bottles are not dispensed within a Bottle Free Zone. Rather, it is about avoiding single-use plastic bottles, which cause tons of rubbish.

Whether at home, in the office, in restaurants, hotels or in public buildings, the BWT Bottle Free Zone provides locally processed mineralized water. This is dispensed or bottled in environmentally friendly reusable bottles made of glass or plastic, free of BPA and environmentally harmful substances, and depending on the taste enriched with valuable magnesium, zinc or silicate.

BWT x Salzburg Festival - press conference

The Salzburg Festival is the benchmark in the cultural field of music and performing arts. At BWT, we are pursuing an ambitious goal: We want to make the world better sip by sip with our technologies and our commitments. To be able to advance this vision together with a partner like the Salzburg Festival is a great honour and inspiration for us in our mission “For You and Planet Blue”.

Bottle Free Solutions

At home

Eliminating single use plastic bottles is the first step towards change. The second important step, is the treatment and refinement of your local water.

BWT makes more of your tap water, even if your tap water tastes great, it doesn't hurt to enrich it with valuable minerals such as magnesium or trace elements such as zinc and silicate. In addition, some households suffer from extreme levels of calcification. You can protect yourself against that too. Bottle Free Zone solutions are available for every requirement.

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Office

The goal: to save on single use- and plastic bottles. We have the solution for this: water dispensers that ensure clean, locally prepared drinking water enriched with minerals and trace elements.

Cold, warm, still or sparkling, simply at the push of a button and with your personal drinking water bottle there is no need for a guilty conscience. Because from now on a child in Africa will drink with you, because with every consumption you ensure that they have easy access to clean drinking water.

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Events

Bottle Free Events are those that deliberately do without single use- and plastic bottles. Event organisers who choose a better world and have decided to protect the environment and provide for future generations. Event organisers who want to help us change the world. Sip by sip.

Gastronomy & hotel business

If you encounter a bottle free zone in a restaurant or hotel, it means you will experience the best local water. Water that is refined with valuable magnesium, zinc or silicate. That you can drink with a clear conscience, because not only do you benefit yourself but also so does a child in Africa. Which gets easy access to clean drinking water. Sip by sip.

Best Water Hotel

Peter Michorl – LASK Linz

Avoiding disposable bottles, using local drinking water. These are things that I, that each of us, can do. In doing so, we all contribute to reduce the strain on the environment and, in the process, make the world a better place sip by sip. I am proud that LASK is focusing on sustainability with the use of BWT water dispensers and that we can contribute to raising awareness on the issue.

Maro Engel – AMG Driver

Change the world, sip by sip. It's not just written on my helmet, but here at the GT Masters we live the motto. The entire paddock receives water dispensers from BWT, making a not inconsiderable contribution to reducing single-use plastic waste. I am proud to have BWT as a partner on my side and to be able to draw attention to the issue of sustainability in the context of motorsport.

Sebastian Vettel – Formula 1

BWT have a solution in place to provide everyone with access to safe drinking water. Not only that, they are also committed to get rid of single-use plastic in the process. I think it is a great idea with an innovative technology behind it that needs to be spread. That is also why I dedicated by helmet to the colors and message of BWT.

Peter Haidvogl, Owner of Haidvogl Collection

Switching from disposable bottles in our hotels and restaurant to BWT technology and thus opting for a Bottle Free Zone in the Haidvogl Collection was a significant step towards sustainability. We save a lot of transport costs and were able to improve our CO2 footprint significantly. The guests thank us - our good Zell am Seer spring water tastes even better because it is enriched with valuable magnesium.

Harald Huber – Huber’s im Fischerwirt, Salzburg

Making the world a little better, sip by sip - myself and everyone else can simply model it: By avoiding single-use bottles and relying on local drinking water, I am reducing my impact on the environment. We are proud to have made our restaurant a BWT Bottle Free Zone and to be able to serve our guests local water mineralized with magnesium.

Norbert Niederkofler, AlpINN Restaurant at the Kronplatz - South Tyrol

“Our goal is to always offer quality and service on the “highest possible level”, including the water that we serve to our guests. It is also important to us, to protect and take care of our environment. That is why we made our restaurant a bottle free zone – to reduce unnecessary transport and the use of plastic bottles. We are pleased that, thanks to BWT technologies, we are able to live sustainability when it comes to water and contribute to raising awareness to this topic."

Bottle Free Technology

BWT not only stands for the avoidance of single-use plastic bottles but also for the treatment and refinement of your local water. Even if your tap water tastes great, there is no harm in enriching it with valuable minerals such as magnesium or trace elements such as zinc and silicate.

With magnesium:

• More power and less fatigue
• Good for muscles, nerves and your metabolism
• Strengthens bones and teeth

With zinc:

• For a strong immune system
• Nourishes skin, hair and nails
• Helps with wound healing

With silicate:

• For mental fitness
• Good for skin, hair and nails
• Supports the cardiovascular system

Bottle Free Mission

It has always been a matter of great concern to BWT to help people in need and to support projects that demonstrably make a contribution to the sustainable development of regions affected by poverty. As part of the b.waterMISSION project, a total of 10,000 wells are being built in Gambia, Tanzania and the surrounding area with the help of BWT, in order to provide local people with access to clean drinking water. Bottle Free Zones not only stand for the best water, they actually change the world - sip by sip.

More information

Plastic Planet

Bottle Free Zone