Nearly half-a-million dollars for bottled water? Now that’s a LOT of bottled water – Hudson By DAVID ABEL of the Boston Globe State lawmakers and environmental activists yesterday urged Governor Deval Patrick to reduce the amount of money the administration spends on bottled water. They called on Patrick to sign an executive order limiting purchases [...]
Paris Hilton and another story about bottled water
So it appears now that Icelandic Glacial, a water bottling company, based in Iceland, proudly claiming to be ‘Carbon Neutral’ can supply their tasty h2o exclusively to Hilton Hotels. What a coup? Paris will be pleased. Back in 2007 Icelandic Glacial won the award for Best Sustainability Initiative at the BottledWaterWorld awards in Mexico City. [...]
Q&A: Peter Gleick Weighs in on the Bottled Water Battle
J.Carl Garner for Circle of Blue interviews Peter Gleick Why do people buy billions of gallons of expensive bottled water in the U.S., a country where most of the tap water is cheap and extremely high quality? In his new book “Bottled and Sold,” international water expert Peter Gleick looks for answers in the bigger [...]
Story of Bottled Water (from "Story of Stuff" folks)
I just picked this up from Xeni Jardin at BoingBoing… I recommend you see the movie embedded in the Story of Stuff site itself here as the pages look fabulous. BoingBoing The Story of Stuff And check out UNICEF’s Tap Project here Thanks Xeni and Glen
Water risks ripple through the beverage industry
By Martinne Geller for REUTERS The Italian restaurant backed by celebrities Mario Batali and Joseph Bastianich is one of several shunning bottled water, along with the city of San Francisco and New York state. “The argument for local water is compelling and obvious,” said Bastianich, who is phasing out bottled water across his restaurant empire, [...]
Corporate Bottled Water Takes the Greenwash to Twitter
Update. BottledH20Babe seems to have evaporated from twitter… Great blog story here…from http://earthfirst.com/ The International Bottled Water Association is getting scared. People around the world are wising up to the fact that bottled water is wasteful and bad for the environment. The bottled water industry has gotten accustomed to making mind-boggling profits, and a movement [...]
Environment, economy weigh on bottled water sector
Wed Oct 29, 2008 | By Emma Thomasson – Analysis ZURICH (Reuters) – The world’s top sellers of bottled water are trying to stop western consumers turning back to the tap by addressing environmental issues and trumpeting health benefits, while expanding aggressively in emerging markets. Nestle, the world’s biggest bottler of water with brands like [...]
