Movies, Books, Politicians the Water Bottle is Under Siege
Bring a plastic water bottle at your own peril; the tide of public view is turning against you. From big rating documentaries, to books and political debate, the red hot debate around is the horror around bottled water and the waste its industry forces.
The production, moving and removal of water in petrochemical plastic bottles requires tremendous use of water and energy, and generates tremendous measures of greenhouse gases and waste.
Director of the upcoming documentary ‘Tapped: get off the bottle’ Stephanie Soechtig sums it up “1500 water bottles end up in landfill every second – that’s 30 million water bottles a day! We wanted to show people just how much waste is generated by bottled water.” The Tapped crew are publicizing the film with their across-America roadshow, asking sponsorships from citizens to lower their water bottle waste and exchanging their old plastic water bottle for a reusable stainless steel bottle. Download Tapped from Amazon or iTunes.
A similar film ‘The Story of Bottled Water’ was released on World Water Day in March. From Annie Leonard of the well-received ‘The Story of Stuff’, this film delves into the strategy that goes into swaying Americans into buying around hundreds of millions of bottles of water every week, compared with a few cents cost for clean tap water. See this new animation on You Tube.
In her book ‘Bottlemania’, author Elizabeth Royte investigates one of the monumental marketing coups of our century and gives a super environmental wakeup call. She explores the red flags we must eventually deal with. Who has ownership of our water distribution? What happens when a bottled-water corporation seizes your town’s water supply? Is the water coming out of your tap absolutely safe? What is really the environmental footprint of making, transporting and disposing of a single plastic water bottle?
Politicians all around the nation are beginning to realise that they have to take responsibility – especially when the institutions where they collate are huge consumers of bottled water. How often do we observe a politician in a government function drinking from a water bottle. Why can’t they might drink from a water glass in Parliament House.
Leslie Samuelrich of Corporate Accountability International, told “Cities and states are spending hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars on bottled water, and that’s not to mention what’s spent to deal with all the plastic bottles that are thrown out.”
In July 2009, the NSW rural town of Bundanoon became the first place from Australia to stop the sale of bottled water. About 60 townships in the States and a few places in Canada and the United Kingdom have recently banned expending taxpayer money on bottled water.
Surely these issues will be brought to the table at World Water Week 2010 from September 5 to 11 in Stockholm, Sweden, the annual meeting for the planet’s most current water-related events.
Article written by Tracey Bailey, founder of Biome Eco Stores.
Sphere: Related ContentWater Bottles Need to be Clean to be Safe: How to Clean Your Water Bottle
You are doing the right thing for the planet by filling up at home and carrying a reusable water bottle and you’ve chosen a safe, non-toxic bottle-but if it’s not kept clean then it may not be healthy.
Whether your drink bottle is a stainless steel bottle, SIGG bottle or a BPA free plastic water bottle, it is important to stop mould and other deposits forming in the bottle.
Wash your drink bottles with warm, soapy water at the end of every day and let the bottle air dry upside down with the top off every day where possible.
Should any mineral deposits or lime scale form inside, fill your clean water bottle with Distilled White Vinegar and let it soak for 24 hours. Then rinse with warm water mixed with one tablespoon of bicarbonate of soda (baking soda), rinse out and let dry. Spots inside the bottle that look like “corrosion” are most likely a mineral deposit.
Fill your bottle with filtered water wherever possible. It tastes so much better, but also because water contains different minerals in every area this may affect what happens inside your bottle.
Do not allow liquids such as fruit juice to ferment inside the bottle.
With all reusable water bottles you can also try SIGG cleaning tablets and a specially-designed SIGG bottle cleaning brush, or simply a baby bottle brush. Only ever use a soft brush on aluminium bottles with lining like SIGG so as not to damage the lining. Stainless steel water bottles like Klean Kanteen and Nathan can handle a hard brush.
While all bottles are technically dishwasher-safe, it is recommended to not put them in a dishwasher. Most dishwasher powders are caustic, so they will eat into the metal of your bottle and damage the exterior pattern. Bottle tops should also not be put in the dishwasher because extreme heat expands and deteriorates the plastic.
Never freeze metal bottles as metal can split even with only a little water inside. Water does not always expand in a predictable direction! Freezing plastic water bottles is also not advisable because it may cause the plastic to breakdown and toxins to leach. It is fine to place your bottle in the refrigerator.
Tips on cleaning your water bottle brought to you by Biome Eco Stores Australia.
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