Will 2025 finally be the year governments prioritise human health, and crackdown on plastic? Kicking off the year with a bang, the media has sent a stark warning that consumers should stop drinking water from plastic bottles, due to its health impacts. A study from Columbia University found that an average one-litre bottle of water contains around 240,000 plastic particles, a figure that is 10 to 100 times higher than previous estimates. Nanoplastics have been associated with a wide range of health issues including cancer, heart disease, birth defects and fertility problems. So why is it down to consumers to stay clear of plastic water bottles? Shouldn’t governments implement bans and enforce alternatives to protect the public from plastic’s harmful effects on our health?

Now here’s some good news to avoid fuelling January blues – the likes of changemakers Rypax (creators of fibre-based bottles) and Reposit (the returnable packaging platform) have already created scalable plastic-free solutions to on-the-go water bottles.

A Plastic Planet and Plastic Free will be at Davos this month with NBCo launching the fiber bottle as an alternative to plastic bottles – at COMPETITION VS COLLABORATION – Why our global challenges can never be fixed using 20th century thinking – showing that solutions are here today.