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Safe, affordable, grocery store drinking water refills. Getting a Waterpod next to every grocery store drinks fridge in Africa.
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New Waterpod - Kwikspar, Cambridge West, East London. 👍
Water scarcity is a part of life in the Eastern Cape. The Waterpod uses 5-stages of advanced water purification technologies to efficiently produce safe water without waste.
1 litre in = 1 litre out - the bad stuff. 💪💧
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New Waterpod! 🙌 A "fill up, fresh up" refill water welcome to Freshstop Bisho! 😊
Our thanks to Freshstop teams across SA for embracing new safe, great tasting single-use-plastic-free drinking water for shoppers and shop-owners. 💧🤝
Refill. Pay. Save. Simple as that! 👍🌍
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New Waterpod!
Refill water now at @FoodLoversMarket Lifestyle Centre in Johannesburg. Proud to bring an affordable drinking water choice to shoppers demanding less single-use-plastic.
1. Bring container ✔️
2. Refill from Waterpod ✔️
3. Pay at the till ✔️
4. Smile 😊
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New Waterpod installed! Bringing the refill water lifestyle to everyone, everywhere! This time, Freshstop at Caltex Baobab. 🙌 😊
Caltex Baobab is way up north here in SA, just 30 minutes drive from the border with our friends and neighbors in Zim. 🇿🇦 🇿🇼
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Congratulations to for being added to the prestigious #1000solutions portfolio!
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Waterpod by I-Drop was also the winner of the inaugural South African Plastics Pact Reuse Innovation Challenge.
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16 MILLION plastic bottles aren't recycled in the UK each day. They end up in landfill, incinerators or as pollution in the natural environment.
If just 1/10 Brits refilled a bottle once a week, around 340 million bottles would be saved.
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SA Plastics Pact Reuse Innovation Challenge 2021 won by bizcom.to/1/4l69 | #bizpressoffice via #circulareconomy #innovation #businessgrowth
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We should deal with a problem before it becomes a problem.
Design out waste, preventing it from being created in the first place.
We can do that with these three neat #circulareconomy innovation strategies: elimination, reuse, and material circulation
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The massive need for alternatives to single-use plastic waste has never been greater. How can it be that 10 supermarkets sell bottled water equivalent to the size of the Eiffel Tower in a year? tmsnrt.rs/3pjTPY8
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The flood of #plastic pouring out of Britain’s stores shows no signs of abating, with research revealing that the ten biggest supermarkets sold 2.5billion plastic bottles of water in 2019 
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#breakfreefromplastic #plasticfree #lessplastic #morenature
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#breakfreefromplastic #plasticfree #lessplastic #morenature1
From embracing more reusable packaging, to introducing further policies advocating a circular economy, here are seven ways the circular economy will grow in 2021 according to our Circular Design Programme Lead, Joe Iles via ow.ly/LXag50DdxCm #circulareconomy
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The dirty secret behind the plastics recycling drive: privatized upside, nationalized downside / clean-up. Business has to become part of a modern solution to this challenge.
How Big Oil Misled The Public Into Believing Plastic Would Be Recycled buff.ly/3sHY8OX
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Did you know that waste and pollution are largely a result of the way we design things? By harnessing new materials and technologies, we can ensure that waste and pollution are not created in the first place.
Learn more about the #circulareconomy here
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The circular economy is based on three principles, driven by design:
1. Eliminate waste and pollution
2. Keep products and materials in use and at their highest value
3. Regenerate natural systems
Find out more about the #circulareconomy here
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So excited to be featured in the Upstream Innovation Guide! 💦 The team at I-Drop is proud to be part of the circular economy 💚🌎#circulareconomy #upstreaminnovation
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It’s time to rethink the way we deliver products. Our Upstream Innovation Guide has over 100 case studies of how to prevent and design out packaging waste. Explore them all ow.ly/XqDI50D3yph
#circulareconomy #upstreaminnovation
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Amazing what happens to the price of drinking water when you purify it locally. Don't pay for the single-use plastic bottle or the long distances to transport it from the bottling plant.
Buy local. Buy refill water purified by a Waterpod.
Simple! 💧🇿🇦
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The latest Waterpod by I-Drop, now serving purified drinking water refills to shoppers at ! Just R1.20 / litre and no single-use plastic waste from bottled water!
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The Waterpod by I-Drop: Affordable, environmentally sustainable, purified drinking water refills in local grocery stores. Watch this space for updates as we grow our network to give more shoppers the choice to switch from plastic bottled water to refill water. #circulareconomy
This is a post about plastic pollution. Err..
Watch this space for our latest #upstreaminnovation guide - tomorrow!
Kapow! 💡
#circulareconomy #stopplasticpollution
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There are I-Drop Water machines in 5 African countries, delivering a saving of up to 80-90% less than bottled water to shoppers in over 100 locations. This is Letsitele, where Prince did a routine service & filled up on fresh drinking water to go. #IDropWaterInStore
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10 Ways To Be #Sustainable:
1. Save Water 🚰
2. No Plastic Bags ♻️
3. Bring a water bottle 🧂
4. Metal straw over plastic ➖
5. Eat local and seasonal 🥔
6. Walk more🚶♀️
7. Save paper 📝
8. Eat plants 🌱
9. Save electricity ⚡️
10. Use public transport 🚂
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Incredible!
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Dissolvable & edible plastic bag - quite a fantastic innovation! Heart sinks when I see animals on roads choking on plastic bags. Looks like this might be India's answer to un-plastic itself!
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The #IDropWater filter produces no waste water. It’s a simple configuration of water that comes in contaminated comes out the other side clean. Visit our website for more info: idropwater.com/technology 💧🚰
We’ve built an innovative business model that uses nano-purification water filtration technology and GSM-enabled platform to empower grocery store owners anywhere to purify and sell safe, affordable drinking water to their customers. #IDropWater
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It’s #PlasticFreeTuesday! The plastic we use for minutes - bottles, wrappers, bags, straws - can last in landfill or the environment for years. Every time we choose to refuse throwaway plastic, reuse, or refill, we lead by example, send a message, and make a difference. 💪🌏🌊
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I-Drop Water is affordable to everyone. A 5-litre refill costs less than a loaf of bread. These shoppers at Falckvlei Garage, Bloemfontein simply brought along a reusable container and filled up on fresh drinking water. #IDropWaterInStore
We love having our neighbours pop in at the I-Drop office! We often have visitors coming by and asking to taste the water from the dispenser in our Joburg office. #IDropWater
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I-Drop Water uses communication and water purification technology to enable entrepreneurs everywhere to address some of the world's greatest challenges.
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I-Drop Water believes that reuse is a vital component to a sustainable plastic economy, together with a commitment to recycling & efficient plastic packaging practices. Shoppers refill multi-use containers and pay by the litre for the drinking water they need. #NoSingleUsePlastic
It's always heartening to hear of such well working innovative solutions for safe drinking water affordability!
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CHANGE STARTS WITH A SIMPLE IDEA… If thousands of grocery stores across Africa have access to a water supply, what's the best and cheapest way to purify and sell safe drinking water to their shoppers?
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With I-Drop Water more people can afford safe drinking water, less plastic waste is produced and local economies benefit by supporting their local grocery stores. idropwater.com
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San Fransisco Intl Airport will stop selling plastic water bottles as part of its commitment to a zero waste plan. Now, who else can follow suit? #turnofftheplastictap #reuseandrefill
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It’s #PlasticFreeTuesday! Let’s say no to single-use plastic all day long. When we refuse what’s unnecessary or choose reusable over disposable, we model the world we’d like to see and demonstrate what’s possible. Conversations are starting - let’s keep it up! 💪🌏 #BeTheChange
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I-Drop Water is uniquely positioned to tackle two of the biggest challenges of our time: Access to safe drinking water, and plastic waste. idropwater.com💧🌍
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We believe that business has both an ability and a responsibility to sustainably tackle the world's greatest social & environmental challenges.
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I-Drop Water is uniquely positioned to tackle two of the biggest challenges of our time: Access to safe drinking water, and plastic waste. idropwater.com💧
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We believe that business has both an ability and a responsibility to sustainably tackle the world's greatest social & environmental challenges.
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It’s great to have our neighbours fill up with us! This is Sam 😊 He works as a driver next door to our Joburg office, and always visits us to fill his bottle with pure drinking water before he has to drive somewhere, without fail! #IDropWater
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A basket of donated cups + a homemade sign = a great solution to disposable cups. Get your local cafe on board! #PlasticFreeJuly
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It’s #PlasticFreeTuesday! Let’s stop #plasticpollution before it starts by refusing what we don’t need and choosing reusable over disposable. Every choice is an opportunity to make a difference. Let’s do this. 👊🌏🌊 #BeTheChange
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The challenge has been an encouraging reminder of the impact that each person can have by simply choosing to refill, avoiding single-use plastic. #PlasticFreeJuly
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