Bottled water is out, and tap water is in, Call it reverse snob appeal. These days, it’s the tap water enthusiasts, concerned about the environment, who get to act self-righteous. Just as it has become cool to bring your own cloth bags to the grocery store and your own mug to the coffee shop, the reusable water bottle is the hip, new eco-accessory. Read more…
Posted by admin on 05.15.2008 at 5:47 pm// Tagged: Featured //
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By SHARON LEM, SUN MEDIA
From the Toronto Sun - The next time you throw away your empty water bottle, you might want to shoot for the blue bin.
As few as 50% of water bottles Torontonians consume everyday are actually being recycled.
That means as many as 65 million empty plastic water bottles per year end up as garbage in a landfill waste site in Michigan.
These millions — and potentially billions — of plastic water bottles sit there swallowing up landfills with mounds of rubbish for thousands of years because that’s how long it takes to break down plastic water bottles. Read more…
Posted by admin on 06.01.2008 at 8:52 pm// Tagged: Government, Waste , garbage, landfill //
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(OPENPRESS) May 22, 2008 — Gone are the days of concert stages littered with cases of bottled water – at least at the 35th Annual Telluride Bluegrass Festival (June 19-22) in Colorado. In its “Sustainable Festivation Manifesto,” the festival’s organizer, Planet Bluegrass, has announced that bottled water will not be allowed in the backstage or on stage and it will be restricted in the audience and food vendor areas.
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Posted by admin on 05.26.2008 at 9:49 am// Tagged: Event , bluegrass, carbon offsets, carpooling, Colorado, festivarians, Governor, Ritter, Telluride //
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From CBS 42 Austin: Buying a plastic water bottle at Austin City Hall could be a thing of the past after a vote Thursday by council members.
The water that was once inside them quenched untold numbers of thirsty mouths. But plastic bottles that remain as refuse to go away. The petroleum-based products often end up as litter and landfill clutter.
Karly Jo Dixon at the Ecology Action of Texas Recycling depot in Downtown Austin says of the plastic bottles, “Most of them aren’t being recycled. They’re ending up in our landfill. They’re never going to bio-degrade in the landfill.”
Now, in an effort to go greener, Austin City Council is taking on the sometimes-vilified vessels. Read more…
Posted by admin on 05.22.2008 at 2:28 pm// Tagged: Government , austin, ban //
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Did you know - when you buy one liter of water at the store, you’re actually consuming about six liters of water? That’s because when manufacturers make plastic bottles, it takes five liters of water to cool the plastic. To save the resources used in creating all those bottles, experts suggest getting a water filter and a reusable aluminum or plastic bottle from companies such as Sigg, Nalgene or New Wave Enviro.
From the Environmental Protection Agency
Posted by admin on 05.21.2008 at 9:57 am// Tagged: Waste , processing //
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By Beth Daley
Globe Staff / May 14, 2008
Few products have raised more objections than Nestlé’s new single-use “eco-shape” water bottle. The bottle, which uses 30 percent less plastic than similar products, is touted by Nestlé-owned Poland Spring as “doing our part.”
But eco-bloggers say there is no need for bottles at all. They say the energy that goes into creating and transporting the bottles is wasteful and most recyclable bottles end up in landfills. Taking water can also draw down local water tables. Drink tap water, they urge.
A Nestlé Waters North America spokeswoman said bottled water is healthier than other bottled beverages. The company studied the life cycle of the water bottle and found the best way to reduce carbon emissions was to reduce the amount of plastic, said Jane Lazgin, director of corporate communications.
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Posted by admin on 05.19.2008 at 10:13 am// Tagged: Business , Nestle //
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