The Best of a Bad Situation

Bottled water is a landfill nightmare. True advocates of a zero-waste lunch program prefer you use a reusable bottle rather than a disposable plastic bottle. However, a company from England has come to the US with an alternative that makes the best of a bad situation. The Glacia Ice Box delivers spring water “in a planet friendly box.”

The box is quite cool. We came across it at a conference in Chicago. The company had passed out sample bottles to all the other exhibitors so the distinctive milk-carton style boxes were sitting all over the show. Several people thought we had dropped them off (apparently confusing NiceBox for Ice Box).

The company takes packaging seriously. They support a variety of charities and they have a complete run-down on the benefits of their box on their site.

Now for the taste test:

Ice Box in a planet friendly box is quite cool, but it will not reduce waste at lunchtime. That being said, it does appear to have significant environmental benefits over plastic bottles and it tastes like water!

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