It’s good to order a few bottles online, just in case you’re caught short and shops don’t sell these brands. Spring water is from underground aquifers and mineral water has to legally be bottled at source.
Never give fizzy water to pets, could cause bloat.
Bottle Up is a spring water (from Staffordshire) in ‘sugar-cane’ plastic that is grown away from the Amazon basin in Brazil (the first 5 presses make sugar, the 6th makes this material that is naturally irrigated by rainfall, makes its own fertiliser and can be recycled (rinse with hot water after use, and drain well).
Re:Water offers spring water (bottled at source on protected land) sold in a recycled aluminium bottle. The BPA-free lining (to prevent tainting the taste) does not affect kerbside recycling. Designed to keep water cooler than plastic in hot weather. Fill with cold water only, rinse out after each use, and don’t place in dishwasher/microwave.
One Water sells bottled still and sparkling water in cans or (partially-recycled) glass bottles. This company began after the founder came across a girl in Kenya, photographed next to a tap with a padlock attached. When he learned that almost 800 million people worldwide have no access to clean water, he decided to act. Especially as over 3 million people die yearly from waterborne diseases (mostly children under 5). Lack of clean safe water also traps families in poverty, as they can sometimes spend up to 4 hours daily collecting water (rather than attending school or work).
