5 Eco Friendly Water Bottles With A Sustainable Purpose

Looking for an eco friendly reusable water bottle that gives back? Whether you want your new water bottle to help combat plastic pollution in the ocean, provide clean drinking water to small villages, or support national park conservation, we found 5 water bottles with a sustainable purpose!

These are the best eco friendly water bottles for 2024:

1. Klean Kanteen

If you are looking to say no to plastic, Klean Kanteen is one of the best eco friendly water bottles on the market. It was at the forefront of the stainless steel water bottle industry, bringing out their reusable water bottle back in 2004. Their bottles come in various sizes and colours, with double-wall vacuum insulation, that keeps your drinks hot for 20 hours and iced for 50 hours. Their products are handmade in China, in factories that are socially and environmentally responsible.

How Klean Kanteen Gives Back To The Planet

  • Klean Kanteen is 100% carbon neutral in the manufacture and delivery of its products worldwide. 
  • They are a Certified B Corporation
  • Klean Kanteen is a member of 1% For The Planet, and have donated $2.7 million since 2008 to environmental nonprofits. They are partnered with 5 Gyres, a leader in the effort to research aquatic plastic pollution, American Rivers which work to protect and restore river ecosystems and conserving clean water, and NatureBridge, which provides environmental education to youth in National Parks.

2. Dopper

The Dopper bottle really has a beautiful and functional design. With its minimalist look, it is both a bottle and a cup. The bottles are all BPA Phthalate and lead-free, and they are produced sustainably.

How Dopper is making a positive social impact

  • Dopper invests in projects that install drinking water and toilets in Nepal, allowing thousands of Nepalese people to have better access to drinking water and sanitary facilities.
  • They raise awareness about plastic pollution, collaborating with other conscious organizations (e.g. The Ocean Cleanup) and creating various plastic pollution exhibits and installations around the world.
  • Hosts the Dopper changemaker challenge which funds projects about water and/or plastic waste.
  • They are a certified B Corp

3. Hydro Flask

Hydro Flask water bottles have become a trend on Instagram, with their bright and bold colours. But they are super functional too, with each canteen being double insulated so it can keep your cold drinks cold for 24 hours, and hot drinks hot for 12. They are BPA-Free and Phthalate-Free and made with 18/8 pro-grade stainless steel.

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How Hydro Flask is making an environmental difference

  • Hydro Flask has created a charity giving program, Parks for All, which has donated $1.5 million so far into non-profit organizations focused on building, maintaining, restoring, and providing better access to parks.

4. Lifestraw

Lifestraw is a socially conscious company with some great eco friendly water bottles. For every lifestraw bottle that you buy, Lifestraw provides a child with one year of safe drinking water. The bottle is BPA free and comes with an inbuilt water filter, making it an ideal when travelling, hiking, and camping.

What is Lifestraws Social Impact

  • For every product purchased, a school child receives safe water for an entire school year.  So far there are 3,367,145 students with 1 year of safe water. They also ensure sustainability through training, education and quarterly follow-up visits for a period of 5 years.
  • They respond to global disasters and safe water crises.
  • Since 1994, LifeStraw has donated over 37 million LifeStraw Guinea Worm filters towards eradication efforts. 

5. Soma

Soma has some beautiful minimalist glass water bottles. Featuring a BPA free silicone sleeve and a bamboo cap, this bottle has a great sustainable design.

How Soma is giving back

  • Every time you purchase a Soma product, they donate to charity: water which contributes to sustainable, community-owned water projects in developing countries. So far, thousands of people have access to clean water funded through Soma

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  • Vivien D

    Vivien de Greef is a co-founder of The Dharma Trails and a passionate advocate for sustainable living and slow travel. Her unique background in Occupational Therapy enriches her approach, blending well-being with environmental consciousness to inspire eco-friendly travel worldwide.

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