Bottled Water Industry

Germans and Their Scornful View of Tap Water

Mairi Beautyman | Posted 05.30.2009 | Green


Mairi Beautyman

Germans are brainwashed into drinking bottled water, and requests for tap water at a restaurant are often met with scorn, sour expressions, or downright refusal.

Tap, Tap, Tap Water

Ina Pinkney | Posted 04.10.2009 | Chicago


Ina Pinkney

For the last three decades, prominent restaurants have been used as a vehicle to promote this sadly wasteful product. And just like consumers, many of us have been lead to believe that what's in the bottle is somehow safer than what is in the tap.

Aqua Fina or Aqua Finite?

Karen Dionne | Posted 11.24.2008 | Green


Karen Dionne

Recently, governors and legislatures... approved the Great Lakes Compact, a landmark agreement that bans the sale and diversion of water outside the region.

Bottled Water: The Height of Stupidity

Diane Francis | Posted 08.13.2008 | Green


Diane Francis

Bottled water is a joke, one of the biggest consumer and taxpayer ripoffs ever. I applaud California A.G. Jerry Brown who said recently that he will sue to block a proposed water-bottling operation in Northern California by Nestle.

Spiritual Water: Saving Souls, One Sip At A Time (VIDEO)

Verena von Pfetten | Posted 05.22.2008 | Living


Verena von Pfetten

Like every other lazy (and/or honest) human being out there, I'll gladly take the easy way over the hard one any day. So when I happened upon the utte...