Springbourne

The Springbourne story

Springbourne water is sourced from the unspoiled uplands of Montgomeryshire, Wales where it naturally filters through ancient volcanic rock becoming enriched with minerals, and producing water of excellent quality. It is then bottled, labelled and capped on purpose built lines following strict procedures which preserve its freshness and ensure every drip meets industry standards and our own high expectations. It makes the journey to our Bidfood depots before being distributed to our customers and enjoyed by consumers!

Working with a responsible supplier

Our Springbourne supplier is always looking for ways to do their bit for the environment and reduce their carbon footprint through a combination of investments and improvements. For example, over the last couple of years, they have installed over 2200 solar panels on their factory which generate the electricity to run their bottling lines and reduce their reliance on fossil fuels.

And they have invested over £4 million on new bottling equipment, enabling them to form their plastic bottles on site – reducing the number of inbound deliveries by a factor of 15, and creating more local jobs!

We have reviewed the Springbourne packaging

We are taking steps forward with sustainability with our packaging.

Plastic:

• We are moving to more than 50% recycled plastic in every bottle
• All recycled content comes from UK sources
• The new bottles have a cloudier, slightly grey tinge to their appearance compared to those that do not contain recycled plastic
• All the recycled plastic is FDA approved and 100% food safe
• Saving 125 tonnes of virgin plastic a year, equivalent to 20 elephants, 10 double decker buses or one blue whale.
• Looking to the future with plastic bottles that need less energy to make (compared to virgin plastic)

Glass:

• We are moving to 35% recycled glass in every bottle

Products are moving into the new packaging in line with production runs