Good to Know
Acres of unspoiled land. When you have a product as pure as ours, it’s only natural to want to protect it and we do that by caring for our hillside in lots of unexpected ways. Find out what it takes to protect our Source, what we’re doing in terms of recycling and how we are doing our bit for our native flora and fauna.
Guardian of the source
Blair O'Connor
In everything Blair does, he protects the environment around our Ochil Hills catchment area, helping to maintain Highland Spring’s position as the leading ethical bottled water brand in the UK for eleven years running.
Blair is required to go to great lengths to look after our hillside - the Source of Highland Spring. That means keeping it protected from anything and everything that doesn’t grow, hop or nibble at the wild heathers and grass that covers the land.
‘There’s nothing quite like the mystique of the Ochil Hills, looking after a natural resource and preserving the magnificent landscape. It’s my dream job and it’s my ambition to be uniquely good at it.’
Raindrops keep falling
We bottle a lot of natural source spring water. But not as much as you might imagine. We extract just 3% of the total rainfall that falls on our Ochil Hills catchment area. And the rain keeps falling so while it might be bad news for sun worshippers, the good news is there’s plenty of Highland Spring to go around for years to come.
we extract only 3% of the total rainfall
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New eco bottle
Our new eco bottle is made from 100% recycled* plastic. And like all Highland Spring bottles it is also 100% recyclable. Used wisely and recycled carefully, plastic can be used and re-used. Let’s not throw away our chance to use it carefully.
*Bottle is 100% recycled plastic. Label and cap are not made from recycled plastic. Bottle, label and cap are 100% recyclable.
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Love to recycle
We’re proud to support Hubbub - an environmental charity that aims to change behaviour to reduce litter and improve recycling rates.
Let’s not throw away our chance to use plastic carefully.
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Anti-littering
To inspire more people to take those crucial extra steps to the recycling bin we're joining forces with Keep Scotland Beautiful to create inspiring and innovative anti-littering campaigns.
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Mindful production
We're proud to say we've signed Wrap's Plastic Pact to create a truly reusable economy for plastic. Keeping what's created in a loop for use and re-use.
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Sustainable innovation
Since 2005 we have reduced the weight of the plastic we use in our bottles by 13.9%. We also blow all our plastic bottles at our base in the Ochil Hills, to reduce additional road miles. Highland Spring Sparkling glass bottles contain at least 80% recycled glass. By making sure they find their way back to recycling bins they can be used time and again.
