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Press
People love to write about us and we love to read it (well, most of the time…)
3 March 2008, The Evening Standard, Water-on-Tap campaign
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15 January 2008, The Independent
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December 2007, Ode Magazine
Belu Water - A real clean water act
Article on Ode magazine.com
1 March 2007, The Times, Giles Coren
“This is not normal water, this is Belu”
> Article on Times Online
7 February 2007, The Guardian, Column from Ed Miliband
“Belu Water [is] helping both the environment and people in the developing world. The company is piloting new biodegradable water bottles and directing its profits to WaterAid.”
25 January 2007, The Evening Standard (double page)
“Belu is the first bottled water that does not contribute to global warming”
13 January 2007, The Times, Giles Coren
only “restaurants which serve (…) tap and Belu will score ten out of ten.”
> Article on Times Online
10 December 2006, The Sunday Times “Profits save the world”
“As well as donating its profits to clean-water schemes in the developing world, Belu minimises its waste and energy impact through carbon offsetting and by using biodegradable bottles […]”
> Article on Times Online
9 December 2006, The Times, Giles Coren
“If you do want bottled water, there’s Belu, sourced and bottled in Shropshire, carbon-neutral and non-profit-making, with all proceeds going to fund water projects in drought-afflicted areas”
> Article on Times Online
16 September 2006, The Independent, Martin Hickman “Firm makes mark on the climate”
[…]Penguin Approved has been devised by Belu, the not-for-profit company that launched Britain’s first biodegradeable bottle for its mineral water this summer. More than one million of the corn polymer “bio bottles” have been sold and the water will be the first product to carry the new logo.”
> Article on Independent Online
05 August 2006, The Times, Anna Shepard
“[…] seek out Belu water […], sourced from the Black Mountains, in South Wales, and contained in a biodegradable bottle. Made of corn, it decomposes within 12 weeks. Its other policy to make a splash is the funding of clean water projects across the world. It has installed water pumps and sanitation systems in India and Mali.”
> Article on Times Online
23 July 2006, The Independent
“Some companies are starting to take note. Belu Natural Mineral Water, which sources its water in the UK to minimise transport costs, recently launched a biodegradable and compostable plastic bottle.”
> Article on Independent Online
30 may 2006, The Guardian, Dominic Murphy
“Since it was set up in 2003, Belu bottled water has used its profits to support clean-water projects in the developing world. Now it’s gone one better, introducing […] the UK’s first compostable bottle. The Bio-bottle is made from corn starch as opposed to oil […]”
> Article on Guardian Online
29 May 2006, The Independent, Martin Hickman “The bottle that heralds a plastic revolution”
> Article on Independent Online
26 September 2004, The Observer, Lucy Siegle
“unlike other brands, Belu is on an environmental mission - pledging to give 100 per cent of net profits back to clean-water projects”
> Article on Observer Online
11 May 2004, The Guardian “The deep Belu”
> Article on Guardian Online