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No More Disposable Water Bottle Bans at National Parks

Plastic Bottle Bans, Plastics News,

Since 2011, we have been talking about the National Park Service’s efforts to reduce waste, cut trash removal costs, and encourage the use of refillable bottles on federal lands. Twenty-three of the 417 sites, including the Grand Canyon, Zion National Park, Bryce Canyon National Park, and Mount Rushmore, decided to outright prohibit the sale of disposable water bottles in shops, hotels and vending machines.

That all came to a screeching halt this week, as the NPS announced that, effective immediately, it will no longer allow water bottle bans at its parks. Continue reading →

The h2go Surge Custom Aluminum Bottle: Staff Review

Bulletin Bottle Products, Staff Reviews,

Custom Aluminum BottlesCustom aluminum bottles continue to be very popular items. They at once straddle the line between budget friendly and high perceived value. Metal bottles are typically trendy, stylish items and appeal to a wide range of people, making them a good bet when looking for ways to leave a mark on your organization’s target audience.

Since our clients are always hunting for a good deal that still makes their branding pop, we have added a few new aluminum water bottles to our lineup. We especially like the h2go Surge Aluminum Bottle. Continue reading →

Product Video: Our Favorite Custom Stainless Steel Water Bottles

Bulletin Bottle Products, Staff Reviews,

Have you checked out Bulletin Bottle lately? If not, you’re in for a treat! We have started working on one-minute video product reviews to help you make a decision on the best bottle for your project. And what better place to start than with one of our favorite custom stainless steel water bottles (and a best-selling Tritan water bottle)?

The latest stainless bottles added to our site have all been insulated, and that’s no coincidence. Trendy retail brands have set a high bar for reusable water bottles in 2017, and we’re more than happy to rise to the challenge and offer our clients premium bottles for branding projects. 

Back to our one-minute video reviews. If you go to the product listing for our Thermal Insulated Water Bottle H2Go Force, you can check out this nifty new video. You might even learn something new (Spoiler alert: we actually have THREE sizes of this bottle available, though we’ve been keeping it a secret for some reason!). Continue reading →

What’s New in 2017 with Promotional Water Bottles?

Bulletin Bottle Products, Promotion Ideas

What a week! We’ve just returned from our annual trek to the largest industry trade show of the year. In addition to walking more than 6 miles (!) of trade show floor, we spent the week regrouping as a team, getting the creativity flowing, and brainstorming ways to make 2017 an amazing year for our clients. There are some pretty cool things happening with promotional water bottles, and we want to be the first to tell you about them!

Here are our top three takeaways from this year’s show. They’ll definitely infuse major WOW! factor into your next project: Continue reading →

Promotional Water Bottles and Drinkware are #1 Items!

Reusable Water Bottle Tips

etb991061s-grCurious about how popular promotional water bottles and other drinkware are? Need some information to help justify your project?

Industry group Advertising Specialties Institute recently evaluated their company’s internal search data on the most popular promotional categories. Guess what the top two searches are regarding? Yep! Custom water bottles and promotional bags!

In fact, drinkware as a whole ranked number one in total searches every month in 2015 except for November, when bags took the top spot. In all other months, bags were the number 2 search. Continue reading →

Five Unique Uses for Wholesale Water Bottles

Reusable Water Bottle Tips,
Learn about unique uses for wholesale water bottles!
Learn about unique uses for wholesale water bottles!

Did you know that wholesale water bottles actually have the power to change your life in ways you might not have imagined?

It’s true. We’ve asked our country’s future (aka employee offspring) for their ideas on how our reusable water bottles can be used in ways that adults may not have previously considered. And boy did they have some great ideas!

We suggest heeding the advice of our special contributors, and trying out some of these oft overlooked uses for water bottles. You also may use them at your discretion for ROI justification on your custom bottle project:  Continue reading →

Custom Printed Bottles: How to Recycle Them (Eventually)

Plastics News, Reusable Water Bottle Tips

Recycle Code NumbersLet’s face the hard reality: Some day you may have to get rid of some water bottles. Maybe you’re moving and need to lighten your load. Perhaps they’ve come to the end of their life span. Or—gasp—you just don’t like a certain water bottle and want to ditch it.

Wait! Don’t throw away your unwanted custom printed bottles. Find out how or if they can be recycled. Yes, you can likely recycle those poor bottles, furthering their sole purpose of decreasing plastics waste (you know, the reason you first switched to reusable bottles in the first place).

So how do you figure this out? Easy…just use the SPI’s resin ID coding system. Huh? What the…? Let us explain: Continue reading →

Our Newest Tritan Water Bottle is Sticker-ready!

Bulletin Bottle Products, Staff Reviews,

etb22341s-grRetail water bottle brands are hotter than ever, and we have seen an increase in clients wanting the trendy look of those bottles with their branding added. That’s why, in addition to our three S’well-inspired bottles, we’ve added the XL Tritan Bottle with Tethered Lid.

The staff member who was testing this bottle said it mysteriously disappeared from her cabinet, only to turn up in nearly unrecognizable form in her college student’s bag. You see, this bottle is super popular amongst college-aged students for they love to adhere stickers to the bottle and show off their individuality. These sticker-covered bottles can be seen all over college campuses nationwide, and the bigger the bottle the better! That’s why we chose an extra-large 34-ounce capacity for our newest Tritan water bottle. Continue reading →

BPS (No, That’s Not a Typo) and Bulletin Bottle

Plastics News,

bpa-bps-comparisonBy now most of you know what BPA is, or at least that you likely want to avoid it when possible, especially in your water bottles. Good news on that front…all of Bulletin Bottle’s products are BPA free (read here for more information).

So, what happens when the factory can’t use BPA anymore? What do they do? Well, they use an alternative. One of those (and there are MANY) is commonly referred to as BPS. But let’s back up. Continue reading →

Transform your Project with Innovative Water Bottle Printing!

Bulletin Bottle Products, Promotion Ideas

Water Bottle Printing TechniquesWrap, one side printing, spot color, digital…there are so many water bottle printing techniques! Ultimately, your artwork, messaging, or logo prints within a set imprint area, determined by the bottle you choose and the print capabilities of the machine.

But (and this is a BIG but), not anymore! There are some seriously innovative print methods (on select water bottles) for amazing projects that take your bulk water bottles to the next level—the sleek, retail branding level!

Even organizations with strict brand guidelines can get creative and jump outside of the box for a truly one-of-a-kind end result! Continue reading →