Bottled and Sold: The Story Behind Our Obsession with Bottled Water In 1976, the average American consumed a gallon and a half of bottled water each year. By 2008, the number had grown to about 30 gallons of bottled water per person in the U.S. That amount, says Peter Gleick, “equals about 115 liters of [...]
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BPA
What is BPA? Bisphenol-A (or BPA as it’s commonly known) is a synthetic xenoestrogen widely used in the production of polycarbonate plastics and suspected of being hazardous to humans since 1930. Bisphenol A is used primarily to make plastics, and products containing bisphenol A-based plastics have been in commerce for more than 50 years. It [...]
The Story of Bottled Water
On March 22nd – World Water Day – The Story of Stuff Project released The Story of Bottled Water, a 7-minute animated film. The Story of Bottled Water: How Manufactured Demand pushes what we don’t need and destroys what we need most Hosted by Annie Leonard, the creator of the internet hit The Story of [...]
Bottled Water Facts
Why not bottled water? The estimated market value of South Africa’s bottled mineral-water market is over R1.7 billion and expected to increase at a staggering rate during the 2010 Soccer World Cup. In 2005 consumption was estimated at 196 million liters of bottled water a year and that figure is expected to rocket to 568 [...]
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