Coke and Pepsi Fear Bottled Water Backlash; Swiss Measure Impact of Bottled Water vs. Tap Water

Well, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are tanking, the USA owes a supertanker fleet-load of Benjamins to China, The House That Ruth Built is coming down, and A-Rod and C-Rod are splitting up. So is there any good news?

You bet! Coke (Dasani) and Pepsi (Aquafina) fear a bottled water backlash. Read Anthony Mirhaydari's story here (thanks to Alternet for the photo).

Looks like some consumers have finally discovered that gasoline is cheaper than most bottled water.  

And the Swiss have found that the environmental impact of bottled water is 90 to 1000+ times greater than that of tap water. Download the report:

Download bottled_water_impact_lca.pdf

Life is good.

"When the people take to reasoning, all is lost." -- Voltaire

Comments

[Adam Stebbins]

Thanks for the uplifting blog Michael!

[Michael]

You're welcome, Adam. Thanks for the kind words!

[Betsy Phair]

Ok, here's a good one for you. The state of California is in a drought. At the same time the state of California is subsidizing Nestle, (Swiss) and Crystal Geyser (French) for extracting spring water from the source at the base of Mt. Shasta. This is because through manipulation and "investing" cold, hard cash by both Crystal Geyser and Nestle, Siskiyou County, are in a designated, tentative Enterprise Zone. The Enterprise Zone application to the state was manipulated because in the document presented to the state it proclaims that Nestle and Crystal Geyser were attracted to the area because of the Enterprise Zone and would leave the wonderful, spring water and go elsewhere if they were not in an Enterprise Zone. They never were planning on leaving, and the cummulative efects could be disastrous to the region.

So, these water bottling companies, and others are extracting water from the base of Mt. Shasta, while receiving benefits worth millions of dollars. At the same time they could potentially deplete our water source. Once Nestle has established a footprint in McCloud, Siskiyou County, California, you can't get rid of them. Witness Michigan, Florida, Maine.

[Tony]

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