Book Review: Bottled and Sold

2010-05-21
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Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water In 1976, the average American consumed a gallon and a half of bottled water each year. By 2008, the number had grown to about 30 gallons of bottled water per person in the U.S. That amount, says Peter Gleick, […]

BPA

2010-03-30
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Bottled Water, Facts

What is BPA? Bisphenol-A (or BPA as it’s commonly known) is a synthetic xenoestrogen widely used in the production of polycarbonate plastics and suspected of being hazardous to humans since 1930. Bisphenol A is used primarily to make plastics, and products containing bisphenol A-based plastics have been in commerce for […]

The Story of Bottled Water

2010-03-22
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On March 22nd – World Water Day – The Story of Stuff Project released The Story of Bottled Water, a 7-minute animated film. The Story of Bottled Water: How Manufactured Demand pushes what we don’t need and destroys what we need most Hosted by Annie Leonard, the creator of the […]

Bottled Water Facts

2010-03-12
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Why not bottled water? The estimated market value of South Africa’s bottled mineral-water market is over R1.7 billion and expected to increase at a staggering rate during the 2010 Soccer World Cup. In 2005 consumption was estimated at 196 million liters of bottled water a year and that figure is […]