Bottled Water

Bottled Sugar Water Is Worse Than Bottled Water

EcoGeek | Hank Green | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Recycling, Water, Bottled Sugar Water, Tap Water, Soda, Waste, Plastic, Green Living, Reducing Waste, Bottled Water, Green News

I'm not sure why we need two dozen campaigns to fight against buying what already comes out of our faucets for free, but I have this nagging feeling t...

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Green Edge 7 - Bottled Water and the Fiji Flap

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Pepsi, Fiji Water, Bottled Water, France, Coca-Cola, Aquafina, Cadbury Schweppes, Mexico, Evian, Brazil, Perrier, Dasani, Pet, Green News
John Tepper Marlin

The Fiji flap is a surreal poster-child for the global trafficking in bottled water. Ten local bottlers (#1 is Fiji Water) fill Chinese-manufactured b...

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Life Cycle: The Hidden Cost of $40 "Bling Water."

Simran Sethi | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Green Living, Thirsty, Thirst, Tap Water, Environment, Green, Marketing, Conservation, Plastic, Ecological, Sarah Smarsh, Reusable, Bling Water, Anthony Mirhaydari, Simran Sethi, Bottled Water, Green News
Simran Sethi

Life Cycle is a series of posts that looks at the life and death of everyday things. Fool me once, shame on me. Fool me twice, shame on you. In...

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Tap Water's Dirty Little Secret

Elizabeth Royte | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Clean Drinking Water, Health, Water, Tap Water, Bottled Water, Green News
Elizabeth Royte

It's easy to be disdainful of bottled water if you've got no problem with tap -- but more than 29 million people's drinking water missed the mark on either health or reporting standards.

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Clothing Made from Milk and Bottles Made of Paper? The Eco Design Revolution

Mairi Beautyman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Design, Green Living, Sustainable Design, Eco Living, Eco Fashion, Fashion, Green Design, Plastic Bottles, Green Products, PET Plastic Bottles, Bottled Water, Ecotextiles, Green Business, Green News
Mairi Beautyman

It's really cool to be able to look around and actually see that you are part of a new era in design.

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Bottled Water: The Height of Stupidity

Diane Francis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Food, Consumerism, Hoodwinked, Bottled Water Ban, Bottled Water Industry, Bottled Water, Green News
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.

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Tap Has 1/100 Impact of Bottled Water

Graham Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Environment, Green, Carbon Footprint, Tap Water, Bottled Water, Green News
Graham Hill

These astonishing figures show that tap water is hands-down the greenest and most responsible choice.

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Should Airlines Give Bottled Water to Flyers?

Graham Hill | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Air Travel, Airlines, Bottled Water, Recycling, Delta Airlines, Green News
Graham Hill

I don't promote bottled water, but the plane is a place where it actually might make sense. At the end of one long-haul flight you can easily find yourself with five one-time use plastic cups on your hands. Five!

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Watch: Bring Your Own Bottled Water

Olivia Zaleski | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: The Giving Life, Bottled Water, Healthy Living News
Olivia Zaleski

Few things boil my blood like the disposable plastic water bottle. This thing stinks--literally! Go on, smell that oil-derived polyethylene. There ...

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The Bottled Water Industry: When It Pours, It Reigns

Kerry Trueman | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Books, Tap Water, Privatization, Globalization, Plastic, Elizabeth Royte, Poland Springs, Drinking Water, Pollution, Bottled Water, Nestlé, Healthy Living News
Kerry Trueman

From sea to shining sea, we've taken water for granted while spilling blood for oil, even though water's by far the more precious commodity.

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

Verena von Pfetten | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Spiritual Water Smart Water, Spiritual Water, Bottled Water Brands, Bottled Water Industry, Spiritual h20, Elicko Taieb, Bottled Water, Spiritual H2o, Video, Kabbalah, Healthy Living News
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...

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World's Most Expensive Bottled Waters

Forbes Traveler | Janice Kleinschmidt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Premium Water, Expensive Water, Blessed Water, Premium Bottled Water, Holy Water, Water, Bottled Water, Exclusive Bottled Waters, Kabbalah, Business News

A few months ago, Madonna's pal let it slip that the Material Girlfriend spends $10,000 each month for water blessed by Kabbalah rabbis. Other celebri...

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Goldman Employees Denied Free Water, Soda

New York Post | ZACHERY KOUWE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Investment Banks, Free Soda, Goldman Sachs, Wall Street, Bottled Water, Business News

Things must be really tough when Wall Street's most profitable investment bank starts cutting perks. Thirsty traders at Goldman Sachs now have to spr...

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Seattle Bans Sale Of Bottled Water

Treehugger | Collin Dunn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bottled Water Ban, San Francisco, Seattle, Plastic Bottles, Bottled Water, Chicago, Seattle Bans Bottled Water, Business News

First San Francisco banned it. Then Chicago started taxing it. Now, the city of Seattle is taking action against bottled water; last week, Mayor Greg ...

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The 8 Easiest Resolutions For 2008

Olivia Zaleski | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: How to Save Money, Holiday Season, Appliances, Bush?S Resolutions, 2008 New Year, Tap Water, Olivia Zaleski, The Giving Life, Save Electricity, Green New Years Resolutions, Plastic Bags, New Years Resolutions, Vampire Power, Bottled Water, Cfls, Healthy Living News
Olivia Zaleski

Now that I've had my champagne, sung "Auld Lang Syne," and figured out how I got home Monday night, it's time to write some New Year's resolutions. Gi...

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Fiji Water Leaks News Of Green Goals

New York Times | CLAUDIA H. DEUTSCH | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bottled Water, Fiji Water, Green Businesses, Business News

Fiji Water, with annual sales of about $150 million, is but a drop in the bucket of the $15 billion domestic bottled-water industry. But little Fiji c...

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What's In Your Water? California Introduces H20 Label Law

The Los Angeles Times | Marc Lifsher | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Water Source, Water Safety, California Legislation, Tap Water, Bottled Water, Healthy Living News

Is the bottled water you drink any better than what comes out of the tap? Is it from the tap? Most companies that sell H2O hate the idea, but the Cal...

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