Bottled water has got to go. Every day millions of status thirsty consumers gulp-down water shipped from far flung places like Mt. Fuji, France and the Poconos. The fossil fuel consumed in shipping and the bottle manufacturing process is almost criminal. Add to it, the fact that 8 out of 10 plastic bottles end up in the landfill and you can quickly see why bottled water has become a major ecological problem. (more)
But maybe, just maybe, things are about to change. Here in NYC many restaurants are turning to tap water to avoid pushing more bottled H2O on the public and nationally restaurants are turning to tap, too.
Water filtration and purification technology may provide alternatives. One company marketing a state of the art water filtration system to restaurants and heavy consumers of tap water is the Sweden’s, Nordaq Fresh. The company is marketing a new tap water filtration system that removes the unwanted impurities that negatively impact taste while leaving in natural salts and minerals. The system will produce flat or carbonated water and is said to beautifully complement a fine wine. The system is in place in many restaurants in Sweden and a few in the U.S. No word on pricing.
(Now, if we can just convince those restaurants turning to tap water to resist charging us for it.)
On the domestic front Allergy Buyers Club, and PUR provide a wide selection of above and below counter home water purification options for those individuals who, unlike me, aren’t fascinated by the stuff swimming around in their freshly poured glass of tap water.
Activist tap water advocates can go to tappening.com to get more involved.
Related: previously on altCon – (11.26.07) what’s tappening?
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That’s Fiji, not Fuji. Fuji is a mountain in Japan, Fiji is a country in the South Pacific (and where the bottled water company of the same name is located).
Fiji or Fuji… it doesn’t matter. Important is that we try to make a change. A really appreciate initiatives like the one from Nordic fresh. Last week I heard about a company with another great idea. It’s the website https://www.floraqueen.com and during May they plant 5 trees for every gift you buy to celebrate mother’s day. This way you make not only your own mother happy, but also Mother Nature.
Come taste my water in my town. Smell the water when I am taking shower. You will be drinking bottled water.
Richard, as an active and health conscious citizen, use your freedom and voice. Have your local tap water tested by the city or even better independently and if the water exceeds the epa limit tell the city, tell your mayor, tell your neighbors, Be pro active but find out the truth maybe your water is fine. Maybe all you need is a simple home purifier you can buy locally or maybe on the brighter side it turns out healthy. But either way our tax money should be spent wisely on healthier water and looking into alternatives at all times. The City of Santa Monica, Ca filters all rainwater run off before it enters the Ocean, Many cities are looking for ways to improve local water supplies, find some solutions……Celebrate Earth Day every day, she’s sooo Beautiful
Changing the world starts with changing our daily habits, and one habit that urgently needs to be changed is people’s consumption of bottled water. It’s ridiculous that countless amounts of oil and energy are used to sell WATER when great tasting, healthy water is available free from the tap! I think you should write another story about this issue. One great place to start is tappening.com, which includes important facts about bottled water use, and this video describing the bottles the company sells to promote drinking bottled water: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uVM3mY3gMpg