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Plastic Bottle Waste - Solution on the Horizon
May 26, 2008 - Irish company, Aqua-Nu Filtration Systems Ltd., is set to unveil its powerful, new, drinking water micro-filter to the market - promising a permanent solution to the environmental problem of plastic bottle waste. The PURITYCAPSULET micro-filter offers consumers the opportunity to drink water from virtually any source with complete confidence in its quality - eliminating the need for continually purchasing plastic bottles of water.
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The micro-filter breaks new ground compared with existing filtration systems
on the market, thanks to its portability, low cost and use of ultra high
flow rate ceramics. The ceramics remove or kill potential disease-causing
micro-organisms, including bacteria such as E. coli and cysts of Giardia and
Cryptosporidium, water-borne pathogens associated with severe
gastro-intestinal diseases.
Aqua-Nu Filtration Systems has been developing its micro-filter since 2004,
bringing together a unique team of leading European scientists, designers
and patent attorneys. Following 4 years of intensive research and
development of PURITYCAPSULET, Aqua-Nu have successfully adapted the
micro-filter for a wide range of uses, primarily in the drinking water
market, where its low cost and high efficiency will have mass appeal.
Lead Scientific Advisor to Aqua-Nu, Dr. Robert Verkerk, explains: 'More and
more people are demanding purified water because of concerns about
contaminants and micro-organisms in tap and other drinking water sources.
The Aqua-Nu micro-filter does the job extremely well and has the ability to
be fitted to used plastic water bottles and cold water taps as well as in
other situations currently inaccessible to conventional domestic fi lters.'
'PURITYCAPSULE is a very efficient, flexible and low-cost solution to the
enormous environmental challenge posed by plastic bottle waste,' says
Commercial Director, Cormac Kelly. 'We are confident that the PURITYCAPSULE
will go further than any previous filtration technology in bringing safe,
clean, affordable, good tasting water to the mass consumer, whether at home,
at work, travelling or while undertaking sporting activities'.
Aqua-Nu's unique, patented, ultra high flow rate ceramic has application
well beyond the European domestic water filtration market. The company is
presently seeking expressions of interest from aid and other organisations
which may wish to apply Aqua-Nu's technology to drinking water filtration
situations in less developed countries, where water-borne diseases are one
of the leading causes of death, particularly among children.
Aqua-Nu Filtration Systems Ltd.
Cormac Kelly
Email: cormac@aqua-nu.com
URL: www.aqua-nu.com
Phone: 00353 - 1 - 8183294
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