Jason Momoa’s water brand expands hotel refill machines after removing 6 million plastic bottles

Jason Momoa launched Mananalu in 2019 with a clear goal: challenge the bottled-water industry to move away from single-use plastic. The Hawaiian water brand began with aluminium bottles and a “buy one, remove one” programme that funded the removal of plastic bottles from the ocean. According to PR Newswire, that effort has resulted in more than 6 million plastic bottles being extracted from the ocean. In January 2025, the company relaunched as Mananalu Powered by Boomerang Water, introducing on-site bottling machines that can sanitise, rinse, fill and cap 400 to 500 reusable aluminium or glass bottles every hour. The shift marks a major change in how the company operates. Instead of shipping packaged water to hotels and businesses, Mananalu now installs compact bottling systems behind the scenes, connects them to local municipal water and purifies the water on site. Guests receive water in reusable containers, which are returned to the same machine after use, cleaned and refilled. The company says the approach eliminates single-use water bottles and reduces its carbon emissions by 95 percent. Read more about it here:Why Momoa started MananaluMomoa founded Mananalu as an extension o...