As long as the government is determined to get all Big Brother on making sure food stamp recipients use their subsidies wisely, we have some suggestions for products that shouldn't be covered.READ»
Is bottled water slightly better if you're foregoing funneling remote mountain springs into plastic containers, and bottling recycled wastewater instead?READ»
World renowned water expert Peter Gleick has a new book--released in May 2010--outlining the scientific evidence that bottled water use in the U.S. has become unsustainable. The book is called Bottled and Sold: The ...READ»
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Dumont, Colorado
The Barkers -- Jack, 47, is the inventor; Carmen, 50, runs the business -- are behind the Sunspring, a portable, solar-powered water-purifying system.
Jack: ...READ»
Earlier this week, we took a look at The Story of Bottled Water, Annie Leonard's short animated film about the bottled water industry. Apparently, the film hasn't gone over too well with bottled water industry types, who have fought ...READ»
It's hard to escape the fact that bottled water is wasteful, from the plastic used in bottles to the trucks that cart the water thousands of miles. And while bottled water consumption is down overall, millions of Americans still ...READ»
Ever wince at the amount of waste left over from tossed toiletries and bottled drinks at airport security lines. So do airports--and not just because of the environmental costs. Hauling away these heavy containers costs big money for ...READ»
The hazards of bottled water, both for our world and our wallets, have been well-known for a while. But now the Australian town Bundanoon is trying an unprecedented move to set the clock back to a simpler and more environmentally-friendly time — by banning bottled water altogether. Could the US be next?READ»
The hazards of bottled water, both for our world and our wallets, have been well-known for a while. But now the Australian town Bundanoon is trying an unprecedented move to set the clock back to a simpler and more environmentally-friendly time--by banning bottled water altogether. Could the U.S. be next?READ»
Good for more than just illusory feats of strength, Coca-Cola Japan's new 520ml I LOHAS mineral water bottles can be easily crushed into a 12 gram piece of plastic--that's 40% less plastic than similar PET bottles. ...READ»
Bottled water companies have been struggling with a backlash against their products because of energy and health concerns, but they're not going away. At least the innovation these days seems to be focused on improving the impact ...READ»
There are plenty of reasons to avoid bottled water: contamination and disease issues, limited freshwater supply--and now energy concerns. Researchers Peter Gleick and Heather Cooley at the Pacific Institute in Oakland, CA have ...READ»
Fast Company announced that it is the recipient of a 2008 Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism. Editor-at-Large Charles Fishman’s article “Message in a Bottle,” about the business of bottled ...READ»
