Source: http://storyofstuff.org/ Nestlé’s “Stolen Springs”: Great news for the embattled town of Fryeburg The Issue: Around the world, Nestlé is threatening local water rights. For nearly a decade, Nestlé has been attempting to strong-arm the town of Fryeburg, Maine, into a 45-year contract to control its spring water. Our response: Thousands of us spoke up … [Read more…]
Popular brands like Aquafina and Dasani source mainly from catastrophically dry parts of the West. —By Julia Lurie | Mon Aug. 11, 2014 6:00 AM EDT Bottled-water drinkers, we have a problem: there’s a good chance that your water comes from California, a state experiencing the third driest year on record. The details of where and … [Read more…]
Nestlé CEO Says You Shouldn’t Have the Right to Water!? I have never ever used profanity on my blog, but after seeing this video, I was absolutely appalled and quite frankly enraged at the gall of this idiot that I could not contain my disgust at this man. Nestlé CEO Peter Brabeck, has been caught on video … [Read more…]
Stephen Colbert Exposes Nestlé’s Disturbing Desire To Privatize Water In this incredible clip, Stephen Colbert brings attention to a Nestlé chairman’s chilling comments about water not being a human right, but a commodity that should be privatized. Nestlé’s 68-year-old former CEO and current Chairman, Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, says he wants to privatize the water supply because … [Read more…]
By Darcey Rakestraw On April 23, Nestlé announced it had purchased Pfizer’s infant nutrition unit, which will strengthen their ability to sell infant formula in emerging markets, particularly in Asia. The move is not surprising, since 85 percent of Pfizer’s infant nutrition revenues came from developing countries, where Nestlé is also looking to expand its … [Read more…]
Bottled Water Sales are Dropping! This is great news! More consumers are saving every penny, and choosing to drink tap water instead of expensive, wasteful, bottled water. What does this mean? We are winning the fight against bottled water! We have a long way to go, but this is definitely a great start! Food and … [Read more…]
As less and less water is available, you have yet another problem being added and that is the problem of privatization. There are companies now saying ‘why don’t we bottle it, mine it, divert it, sell it, commodify it.’ That greed of privatization, I believe, will be much worse than climate change and everything else … [Read more…]
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. … [Read more…]
Nestlé is at it again; saying one thing and doing another. Today, at its annual shareholders’ meeting, Nestlé is busy touting a rosy new community siting strategy. Yet in Wacissa, Florida, Nestlé is set to pump an estimated 450,000 gallons each day from the pristine Wacissa River just to drive its bottled water profits. Wacissa … [Read more…]
In its new campaign for Pure Life bottled water, Nestle pulls off a rare feat for a food and beverage company. It manages both to hawk a product and deliver a useful public health message. The campaign, which is aimed specifically at Hispanic moms and called “Better habits for a better life,” touts the health … [Read more…]