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MIDWAY – A Film By Chris Jordan

The MIDWAY film project is a powerful visual journey into the heart of an astonishingly symbolic environmental tragedy. On one of the remotest islands on our planet, tens of thousands of baby albatrosses lie dead on the ground, their bodies filled with plastic from the Pacific Garbage Patch. Returning to the island over several years, our team is witnessing the cycles of life and death of these birds as a multi-layered metaphor for our times. With photographer Chris Jordan as our guide, we walk ...[READ MORE]

Think Reusable Bottles, Forget Plastic Bottled Water – Ban The Bottle

People often claim the reasons they buy bottled water is because of convenience, supposed health benefits, and better taste. Yet, a majority of consumers cannot identify any valid reasons as to why they choose bottled water over a reusable bottle. In a way, you could assert that filling up a reusable water bottle for the day is more convenient than finding a store that sells bottled water and having to wait in the check-out line to pay. Many studies have shown that using a reusable bottle is not ...[READ MORE]

5 Reasons Not to Drink Bottled Water – Banthebottle.net

Date:      January 10th, 2012 Author:      Tomas Bosque  www.banthebottle.net I recently stumbled across an article created by our friends at the highly controversial International Bottled Water Association (IBWA) encouraging consumers to increase consumption of bottled water in 2012.  Essentially encouraging consumers to create a New Year’s resolution to drink more bottled water. I read the article and immediately chuckled. The article, entitled “5 Reasons to Make Bottled Water Part of Your ...[READ MORE]

Food & Water Watch – Ask the Florida Legislature to pass SB 118

Help Clean Up Florida Waterways Bottled water does serious damage to our environment, and it should pay its fair share of the cleanup. Ask the Florida Legislature to pass SB 118, a bill that will use a surcharge on bottled water to fund a new program to clean up bottled water trash from the environment. Support bottled water trash cleanup! You see it everywhere. Trash from bottled water shows up in our neighborhoods and parks, polluting the environment. On top of that, bottled water costs ...[READ MORE]

Refuse Disposable Plastics – Plastic Pollution Coalition

Take The REFUSE Pledge!  Disposable plastics are the greatest source of plastic pollution.   Plastic bags, straws, bottles, utensils, lids, cups and so many others offer a small convenience but remain forever.  REFUSE disposable plastics! Follow the “4 Rs” of sustainable living: Refuse, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. Plastic pollution is a genuine crisis.  No amount of political tactics, business greed, or disinformation can change the fact that there are almost no places on the planet that remain ...[READ MORE]

Bottled Water Free Day is March 10th 2011

Across Canada and the world, people are taking a stand in support of public water and against the privatization of our water resources.  It is time to unite and ban bottled water. Join the Canadian Federation of Students, the Canadian Union of Public Employees, the Sierra Youth Coalition, Development & Peace and the Polaris Institute in the countdown to Canada’s second Bottled Water Free Day! On March 10 2011, communities across Canada and the world will be mobilizing to take action to ban ...[READ MORE]

International Bottled Water Association Fights Back

“In the past few months, activists have made claims that the bottled water industry ‘manufactures demand’ for bottled water,” said Tom Lauria, IBWA vice president of communications. “But the truth is that demand for bottled water is ‘consumer driven’, and our video illustrates this important difference by giving viewers insightful background information about the industry and the true reasons of bottled water’s widespread popularity.This is about the lamest video rubuttel by the International ...[READ MORE]

Get A Bottle Bill Passed In Your State

The term “bottle bill” is actually another way of saying “container deposit law.” A container deposit law requires a minimum refundable deposit on beer, soft drink and other beverage containers in order to ensure a high rate of recycling or reuse. How a bottle bill works Deposits on beverage containers are not a new idea. The deposit-refund system was created by the beverage industry as a means of guaranteeing the return of their glass bottles to be washed, refilled and resold. When a retailer ...[READ MORE]