There’s a story making the rounds on social media that one popular brand of bottled water is actually just tap water. People are naturally upset and feel duped by the big companies that sell bottled water. The truth is that yes, most bottled water comes from the same sources that city tap water uses. The …
One of the largest bottled water companies on the planet extracted approximately 166.5 million gallons of water from the San Bernardino National Forest over the last three years. For free. There’s some controversy over this because a permit is required to pump the water, but the company in question has been pumping without one since …
There are three categories of bottled water companies: Category 1. Big corporations that get their water from municipal tap sources for free, truck it to a central processing facility, then purify it and mix it with additives before bottling it. (This is most of the bottled water on store shelves.) Category 2. Companies that bottle …
The bottled water controversy is gaining worldwide attention. An article in the Shanghai Daily did a great job of covering the problems facing the industry and the damage it can do to the environment. The article says, Much of today’s bottled water, however, is not glacier or natural spring water but processed water, which …
We will never speak poorly of another company or a competitor in the bottled water business. However, we can’t stop other people from doing so. There are some very large companies in the beverage industry and one in particular has been taking plenty of criticism for the way it siphons water from communities without adequate …
Fair Trade is defined as fair prices being paid to producers and/or growers for goods and food. Coffee, chocolate, textiles, and more can be labeled as Fair Trade. This lets buyers know that their money is going to help benefit the people who produced the product. Water isn’t a good. Water is a human need …
