Comments on: Is Bottled Water a Dead Man Walking?

By: IS BOTTLED WATER A DEAD MAN WALKING? | Rainsoft of Ottawa's Blog

IS BOTTLED WATER A DEAD MAN WALKING? | Rainsoft of Ottawa's Blog — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 15:24:26 +0000

[...] Although I don’t know how these bottled water companies can provide new solutions, I was impressed by the fact that this leading company clearly had a strong desire to adapt; I don’t think it suits any of us to be dismissive of large corporations who are trying to redefine the way they do business … http://www.triplepundit.com/2009/11/is-bottled-water-a-dead-man-walking/ [...]

By: Hi, My Name is Sophia and I'm...Sore All the Time | Raven Waves

Hi, My Name is Sophia and I'm...Sore All the Time | Raven Waves — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 01:22:45 +0000

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By: Has FIJI Water Jumped the Shark?

Has FIJI Water Jumped the Shark? — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 12:48:06 +0000

[...] Unfortunately for bottled water makers all around, the trends mentioned above will likely continue. FIJI and others may indeed be dead men walking. [...]

By: Edouard Stenger

Edouard Stenger — Fri, 03 Dec 2010 09:12:44 +0000

Most interesting article. :)

My family and I haven’t been buying water bottles for years now.

We bought a water filter and save a lot of money and time every month ever since. I blogged about it last year, hope you will like the post.

http://www.elrst.com/2009/03/13/how-to-say-goodbye-to-bottled-water/

By: Are Greedy Water Bottlers Siphoning Your City’s Drinking Water? | Defending Water for Life in Maine

Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:41:41 +0000

[...] has climbed steadily over the last few decades, only falling off slightly in recent years. TriplePundit reported in November 2009: According to data from Beverage Marketing, a U.S.-based data and consulting firm, [...]

By: Happy World Water Day!‏ « Alliance for Democracy

Happy World Water Day!‏ « Alliance for Democracy — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 05:12:00 +0000

[...] climbed steadily over the last few decades, only falling off slightly in recent years. TriplePundit reported in November 2009: According to data from Beverage Marketing, a U.S.-based data and consulting firm, [...]

By: rawmom

rawmom — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 17:49:42 +0000

This might be picky but I think you mean STEEL and not STEAL.

By: rawmom

rawmom — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:49:42 +0000

This might be picky but I think you mean STEEL and not STEAL.

By: coenfredriks

coenfredriks — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 07:47:51 +0000

Jointhepipe.org has a great opportunity to reduse the consumption of bottles. Join us an get your bottle for life! go to www.jointhepipe.org of take a look to the presentation; http://tinyurl.com/ycb9dam

By: lana sargent

lana sargent — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 09:39:49 +0000

I'am an owner of an Iowa beverage container deposit redemption center.
Iowa is currently recovering over 85%- 93% of the 2 billion soda,hard liquor, wine, and beer sold in this stateeach year.

If we had a national deposit on all beverage containers, we could very quickly have a massive impact on the environment, create thousands of jobs, reduce landfill space, save and protect our rivers and streams, and much much more.

But for years the very companies that are creating the problems, and claiming to want a solution, spend millions to block this very simple, and effective way to eliminate the problem.

Alas, at this time Iowa does not require deposit and return on the juice, tea, coffee, non-carbonated sports drinks, or bottled water that have become so common in the last few years. which could be resolved quickly if our legislators were concerened with doing what is right instead of making their corporate supporters happy.

Oh, by the way, No, I do not buy bottled water. I have a $20.00 water filter on my tap at home, and in our shop, and take great pleasure in letting customers in the shop believe they are getting bottled water.
I have done probably 50 taste tests with our customers. Tap or bottled? filterd tap wins about 90% of the time.

By: GlobalPatriot

GlobalPatriot — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:26:51 +0000

Without question the bottled water concept is not sustainable on a large scale due to transportation cost, pollution from disposed bottles and damage to fragile aquifers. While the industry will always be with us, it make take a 50% reduction in size to make it viable.

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:05:09 +0000

At the present time, biodegradable containers of anything are an eco-red herring.

The infrastructure for separating bio-plastic is virtually non-existent, and nothing biodegrades in any meaningful way in the anaerobic conditions of our landfills.

I'm all for stimulating the market for these types of plastic replacements, but let's not kid ourselves that everyone is incorporating these bottles into their compost heaps...

By: Reading the bottled-water tea leaves — Elizabeth Royte

Reading the bottled-water tea leaves — Elizabeth Royte — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 17:35:11 +0000

[...] Matthew Savage at Triple Pundit wrote a piece on the slowdown in bottled-water sales and the rise in the use of re-usable bottles, noting [...]

By: Greg Andeck

Greg Andeck — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:06:42 +0000

The key service provided by bottled water is portability. Even the most ardent environmentalist can be caught buying a bottle when on a road trip or running to catch a plane. However, a huge percentage of the bottled-water consuming public has no need for portability because they’re consuming the bottles at home or the office.

This is where there’s an enormous opportunity for bottled water companies: To provide a product that has the same attributes as conventional bottled water, but without the waste and extra expense of providing water packaged in plastic. I’ve suggested some strategies here:
http://www.triplepundit.com/2009/09/is-the-customer-always-right-yes-when-it-comes-to-sustainability/