Icelandic Glacial is recognised as the world’s first Carbon Neutral bottled water for both its product and operations, harnessing 100% natural green energy in the form of geothermal and hydroelectric power to produce its premium and award-winning Icelandic water.
The state-of-the-art, high capacity bottling plant is situated in Hlidarendi at the edge of the Ölfus Spring. The dedicated stainless steel pipeline penetrates deeply through solid rock into the source. The water is piped directly into the bottling plant from the spring via a dedicated stainless steel pipeline. The new factory is equipped with cutting edge bottling equipment capable of producing over 30,000 bottles per hour (bph).
Icelandic Glacial continues to receive awards for its innovative packaging and environmental efforts. Awards include; “Best Overall Concept” at the 2005 Bottled Water World Design Awards, 2007 Global Sustainability Award, Best Water of 2007 and a 2 Star award from the International Taste and Quality Institute (2008). They also captured the silver medal in the People’s Choice Award for Best Packaging Design at the 2006 Berkeley Springs International Water Tasting competition held in Berkeley Springs, W.V., where more than 100 sparkling, bottled and municipal waters competed in the largest and longest running water tasting in the world.
Award wins: 2 Star Award for taste (ITQI 2008) 2007 Global Sustainability Award (Bottled Water World) BevNET Best Water of 2007
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