Comments on: Swobo’s Message to Nestle: Tap Water Is Tops

By: Daniel

Daniel — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:53:02 +0000

I don’t get it, So every now and then Nestle will get a couple of water bottles in the mail. Plus how long before people start sending them in, a few years? I have water bottles that have been around for a decade. Does anyone think there will be such a huge number of swobo water bottles sent in that Nestle would notice? I don’t. But if Swobo can make some dough selling the $6 water bottles to the hippies, more power to em.

By: StopNestleWaters.org

StopNestleWaters.org — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:32:04 +0000

I like it. But then, I dislike Nestle (a lot).
They’re damned good a greenwashing, but their water bottling operations wreak havoc on the small, rural communities they use to source their “spring” water.
Simply put, they’re a fairly sleazy operation that intentionally divides small communities to get what they want, and exercise their considerable legal firepower when they don’t.
They’re one of the most-boycotted corporations on the planet for a very good reason.
I like the Swobo bottle – not because it’s ultimately sent to Nestle – but because it could educate a few folks along the way.

By: Kat

Kat — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:02:09 +0000

I think there are much better ways to get this kind of idea across.
If said re-usable water bottle is actually serving its purpose — which is to prevent excessive consumerism of plastic — then it should be a LONG time before Nestle actually receives the message. I don’t know about you, but I don’t just go out and buy water bottles every few weeks. Why not just send a letter instead? Or better yet, mail a bunch of discarded plastic bottles to them to show them where there product is going.
Just don’t encourage unnecessary consumption by turning a product into a statement.