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Thinking Outside the Bottle…

February 22nd, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Environment, Minnesota, politics by Amber Collett

Christmas holidaysToday I’m posting about the Think Outside the Bottle campaign, run by Corporate Accountability International.

Many people are unaware of the environmental and social justice issues associated with bottled water. The manufacture, bottling, and transport of water bottles consumed 17 million barrels of oil in the US last year, enough to fuel 1 million cars for one year. Up to 40% of all bottled water on the market comes from public water systems, sold back to consumers at 1000x the price of tap.

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