ReWater: Sparkling Water in Recycled Bottles
re:water offers still and sparkling water sourced from Herefordshire springs, which are packed in beautiful bottles, made from 100% recycled aluminium. When empty, you can rinse and reuse, and easily recycle at end of life.
Before recycling cans, rinse then pop ring-pulls over holes. Then step on cans to ‘pinch’ inner rims together, to avoid wildlife getting trapped.
Check medication before consuming grapefruit or rhubarb. Never give sparkling water to to pets, it could cause bloat.
Aqua Libra
Aqua Libra used to be on sale in indie health shops when we still had some. It offers cans of sparkling water (you can add still water cans too if wished) plus flavoured options like:
- Cucumber lime mint
- Blueberry pomegranate
- Raspberry blackcurrant
- Watermelon strawberry
- Blood orange mango
How to choose better store-bought waters
Although tap water in England is perfectly safe, many people choose bottled water whether that’s for travel, at the gym or in emergencies when there is no tap around. But most shops sell an array of confusing bottled waters in various packaging.
How do you know which one is best to buy? In short, choose water that is locally-sourced (not shipped by plane from Fiji) in sustainable bottles that are easy to reuse and recycle.
Look for bottled water in aluminium cans or glass. Although many brands are now in recycled plastic, when littered they still fall down drains and break into microplastics in the sea, accidentally ingested by marine creatures.
How much water should we drink?
The average adult needs around 1.2 litres per day (more in hot weather or after vomiting or diarrhoea). That’s around six 200ml glasses. So drink two glasses when you wake up, have two more before lunch, and two more before dinner. Add more per glass of wine or beer, or per tea, coffee or cola.
Wash and rinse pet bowls daily. Avoid fizzy water or guzzling water after runs or car trips (to prevent bloat). Don’t let pets drink from puddles (due to bacteria, oil, antifreeze). For outdoor pets, ensure drip-feed bottles are not blocked or frozen.
