You now have another good reason to avoid bottled water. An investigation on brands from around the world determined that the water is often contaminated with tiny pieces of plastic. The new study, conducted by journalism organization Orb Media and researchers at the State University of New York at Fredonia, has already prompted the World […]
A new report highlights the astounding amount of plastic bottles humans go through and the environmental havoc it wreaks. Citing figures from consumer market research company Euromonitor International, The Guardian reported that 1 million plastic bottles are bought every minute—or about 20,000 per second—around the globe. About 480 billion plastic bottles were purchased globally in […]
Bottled water is bad for the planet in many ways, especially since it tends to leave behind a mountain of plastic waste and other wasteful packaging material. To help make this problem disappear, London-based startup Skipping Rocks Lab created the Ooho, a biodegradable and fully edible capsule for water. These golf ball-sized sachets are made […]
A Target in the town of Bowen in Queensland, Australia has been accused of “price-gouging” customers by taking advantage of the area’s clean water shortage in the wake of Cyclone Debbie. A customer named Natalie Maher shared a photo online of a 24-pack of Cool Ridge brand bottled water being sold in the store for […]
Environmentalists in New Zealand are increasingly angered that bottled water companies are extracting and exporting the country’s pristine and finite freshwater sources for private profit—and paying very little for this privilege. As the Guardian reported, Coca-Cola, “which has an annual revenue of over $60bn, last year paid NZ$40,000 to the local council for the right […]
Rob Greenfield, adventurer and activist, wore every piece of trash he created for 30 days. Watch the video to find out the challenges Greenfield faced during this epic experiment.
By Daniel Ross With much of North America still in the grips of a drought going back years, managing dwindling drinking water resources is a pressing topic. And in a year when bottled water sales in the U.S. are expected to exceed soda sales for the first time, Nestlé Waters—a water-for-profit poster child that dominates […]
By Lauren McCauley The state of Michigan has reportedly issued preliminary approval for bottled water behemoth Nestlé to nearly triple the amount of groundwater it will pump, to be bottled and sold at its Ice Mountain plant, which lies roughly 120 miles northwest of the beleaguered community of Flint. “Nestlé Waters North America is asking […]
Nearly 20 percent of the water fountains in Chicago parks tested positive for excess levels of lead in the water and have been shut down by the Chicago Park District. Hundreds of drinking fountains in Chicago parks have been shut off after testing revealed high levels of lead in the water.CBS Chicago Of the 1,891 […]
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