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Amsterdam-based Aquablu, a startup that goals to get rid of plastic waste, wastewater, and carbon dioxide emissions, introduced on Thursday, December 8, that it has launched REFILL+, a sensible water faucet system.
Aquablu REFILL+ offers purified water with wholesome minerals, flavours, nutritional vitamins, and caffeine-on demand with none packaging.
The corporate says the drinks are sugar-free and include lower than 4cal per 100ml. As well as, the Dutch firm provides drinks in a number of flavours (caffeine, Mango, Guave, and so forth.), every with its vitamin and minerals mixture.
The system’s interface reveals the real-time dietary values of the drink in keeping with the specified flavour depth, claims the corporate.
By filtering out contaminants like PFAS, chlorine, and microplastics, the Dutch firm is on a mission to supply fixed water high quality whatever the location or incoming faucet water.
“We discover that vitality and private well being are more and more essential matters for companies. Nonetheless, to facilitate this transition away from packed drinks, we have to go additional than current options,” says Marc van Zuylen, co-founder of Aquablu.
“When what you are promoting needs to stimulate ingesting water and enhance worker well-being, an strange water cooler with some canned syrup subsequent to it won’t reduce it. We want to ensure the message sticks, and never the cup,” says Marnix Stokvis, co-founder of Aquablu.
By means of partnerships with trusted manufacturers like MAAS, Jumbo and ISS World Amenities, Aquablu targets each workplaces, retail and industrial areas.
“By introducing an financial incentive, sustainability doesn’t have to come back on the expense of revenue. In the long run, the enterprise case must be proper,” says Van Zuylen.
Aquablu: What you want to know
Based in 2018 by Marnix Stokvis and Marc van Zuylen, Aquablu is on a mission to supply protected and clear ingesting water for everybody – with out utilizing PET bottles.
Final 12 months, the corporate launched Aquablu Refill, a sensible product that may flip faucet water into pure and pure mineral water utilizing supreme osmosis expertise.
The Dutch firm complies with the WRAS (Water Rules Advisory Scheme) certification mark. All components that come into contact with water are meals grade and licensed to the best ingesting water requirements (WRAS/NSF), claims the corporate.
In 2020, the corporate turned canal water in Amsterdam into protected ingesting water with its good expertise. For this, Aquablu drew water from the Keizersgracht, Herengracht, and Prinsengracht canals in Amsterdam.
The corporate’s proprietary purification system was put in in a conveyable case on a ship and the water pumped out of the canals was purified, mineralised, and bottled on the spot. This one-litre limited-edition bottled water was then offered solely within the Netherlands by way of the corporate web site for a premium worth of €39.
