Biodegradable water bottles in the UK

The company 'Belu' is the first UK company to launch a biodegradable and compostable water bottle, providing a unique and socially responsible choice for purchasing bottled water. In addition to being environmentally friendly, Belu mineral water company donates its net profits to water projects in the Third World and developing countries.

The company has taken the theory of environmental protection and social justice underlying the fair trade industry, and applied it to the bottled water industry. Its launch is an attempt to curb the use of plastic bags, wrappers, tubs, trays and bottles that threatens to flood garbage dumps in the UK.

Producers anticipate that the water bottle, able of decompose in less than three months in soil, will indicate a new age in the fight against the world' overflowing waste sites. it is speculated that Belu's bio-bottle is the first step in a revolution in consumer plastics. The caps are not yet biodegradable but Belu is looking for new technology to allow the entire bottle to decompose.

Could this be the end of oil-based plastics? The use of bio-plastics is becoming continually more mainstream due to the new technology becoming more economical for industries.

In addition to being compostable, the bio-bottle is a carbon neutral product that uses up to sixty eight percent less energy to make than ordinary plastic bottles. As well as being unlike commonly used plastic, the Belu bio-bottle contains no petroleum bio-products or the possibly poisonous chemicals that has leached into the water of some PET plastic containers.

The advantage of using corn-plastic in water bottles is that it gives consumers the option to use an eco friendly vessel that will not harm their health and satisfy their thirst with natural spring water while giving others the means to access safe, clean, water too.

Companies such as Coca-Cola, Nestlé, Tesco, and Marks & Spencer's are all looking at incorporating bio-polymer into their packaging. Nestlé is developing a plastic tray for chocolate bars and boxes that disintegrates on contact with water. Marks & Spencer has introduced a corn starch film on sandwich boxes and Tesco plans to introduce biodegradable carrier bags and increase the volume of customers recycle at its stores.

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