Once past the security checkpoint, travelers can still buy water in recyclable containers – or better yet, refill their own reusable containers at the hydration stations that have popped up in airports throughout the country over the past decade. These filtered water stations started to appear in airports around 2011 and began to spread in 2017. 

Many refill stations feature a counter that tallies how many bottles each dispenser has saved. In a 2022 Facebook post, the Nashville International Airport in Tennessee reports that its stations have kept more than a million bottles out of landfills.

Overall, Americans purchase about 50 billion water bottles per year, averaging about 13 bottles per month (roughly one every other day) for every person in the United States. That means one person switching to a reusable water bottle has the potential to save an average of 156 plastic bottles annually.

With hundreds, if not thousands of brandable drinkware options, there’s something for every taste and budget, and research shows that drinkware is one of the best ways to promote your brand because it’s kept longer than other promo items, yielding more than 1,400 impressions for the average item’s lifecycle.

Here are just a few of the brandable drinkware possibilities, including two bottles rated as top performers by Travel + Leisure magazine: