MetaFilter posts tagged with BottledWater

I Never Drink Water, Fish F**K In It

Xurando — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 19:13:08 -0800

Bottled Water is Bullshit. We are now in the midst of bottled water back lash. Where will it end?

Trying to put the genie back in the bottle

grouse — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 04:11:49 -0800

Chicago adds a 5-cent-per-bottle tax on bottled water. Will this reduce bottled water consumption?

Privatize profit. Socialize risk.

orelius — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 10:26:37 -0800

Push Capitalism. Bill Moyers' interview with Dr. Benjamin Barber about the state of our modern capitalist society and how he believes capitalism threatens American democracy. PBS.org streaming video. This week on Bill Moyers, an interview with Dr. Benjamin Barber, senior fellow at Demos, and author of books such as Jihad vs. McWorld and more recently, Consumed: How Markets Corrupt Children, Infantilize Adults, and Swallow Citizens Whole.

Trying to look ecofriendly

Airhen — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 20:25:40 -0800

Nestle claims that it now puts it's water in ecobottles. "But how much lighter is the bottle?" Fiji also claims a commitment to the environment, but it's still "Bottled in Fiji. Shipped to you". Couldn't we just drink from the tap? Previously.

The song and tap dance of bottled waters

Blazecock Pileon — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 05:54:13 -0800

An unscientific, blind taste-test of US$55/btl bottled vs tap water

The many costs of bottled water

allterrainbrain — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 16:13:56 -0800

Fast Company covers the twisted economics and ironies of the bottled water industry. "In Fiji, a state-of-the-art factory spins out more than a million bottles a day of the hippest bottled water on the U.S. market today, while more than half the people in Fiji do not have safe, reliable drinking water."

Bottled water for dogs

howfar — Tue, 02 May 2006 17:05:48 -0800

Bottled water for dogs. For the malnourished or dehydrated pooch. I might be mistaken, but isn't this in Revelations as one of the portents of the apocalypse?

Nestle sued over bad water

omidius — Thu, 19 Jun 2003 13:33:41 -0800

Nestle, the makers of Poland Spring water are being sued for selling their bottled water as "naturally purified" or "spring water" when in fact it does not meet the scientific criteria for spring water, is worse than some area tap water, and is sourced near "asphalt parking lots or other areas of dangerous contamination".

revbrian — Thu, 03 May 2001 04:59:16 -0800

Bottled water a waste of money, no better than most tap water, and environmentally unfriendly.