lifting lid bottled water
Today Tonight 11th May 2010
Australians drink $500 million a year of bottled water - dietician advises that you're much better off to save the money and go for tap water because there's no significant difference ...
This week I don't drink bottled water
Sun Herald - Sunday Life 2nd May 2010
Recently I aborted a liaison with a guy because he didn't recycle ...
Bottler of idea
Sun Herald 27th September 2009
Bottled water disappeared from shops in the southern highlands town of Bundanoon yesterday in what is believed to be a world-first ban.
wasted bottles
Cohuna Farmers Weekly 9th September 2009
Eltham North Primary School has joined the NSW town of Bundanoon in its campaign to replace bottled water with tap water and reusable drink bottles, and it seems the concept is gaining momentum
Bottled goodness
Convenience World 1st September 2009
An Australian company, Good Vibes For You, has a bottling plant that now offsets 100% of its carbon emissions.
Time to tap back into water
Sun Herald 30th August 2009
Recession impacts bottled wqater fad. Sales of bottled water in North America & Western Eurpope declining.
Ban plan is a bottler
Sydney Morning Herald 19th July 2009
2 rural councils are considering joining Bundanoon in banning bottled water. "I can't honestly see why people buy bottled water. I think it's a waste of money and it's bad for the environment."
murky issue of bottled water safety
Sydney Morning Herald 11th July 2009
American Congress has written to 13 bottled water companies requesting information about the source of their water and how it is tested
plastic bottle meltdown
Sydney Morning Herald 11th July 2009
Angry residents outraged that a company would extract local water and sell it back to them at a 300% markup
bundy votes on bottled water
Sydney newspapers 8th July 2009
The Southern Highlands village of Bundanoon is poised to become the first town in Australia to ban bottled water.
NSW ban bottled water
livenews.com.au 8th July 2009
Government departments are about to be banned from buying bottled water, in a bid to encourage more workers to drink from the tap.
ABC news 080709
ABC News 8th July 2009
A town in the NSW southern highlands hopes to become the first community in Australia to ban the sale of bottled water.
60 minutes chat with Jon Dee
60 minutes 13th April 2009
Up to 90% of bottled water comes from ground water that has to be trucked to factories so it can be put into bottles. There is real concern amongst environmentalist about the sustainability of extracting that ground water. Especially as we enter a period of climate change and potential extended droughts. Environmentally people need to learn that we must drink our water from the tap and not from bottled water and if you are in one of the few areas where there is concern about tap water quality, a far cheaper alternative is to simply filter your water.
Liquid Gold
60 Minutes, Channel 9 12th April 2009
Talk about selling ice to eskimos. We’re referring to those cunning folk flogging us all that bottled water. Think about it. You can get perfectly healthy stuff straight from the tap for almost nothing, yet millions of Australians are forking out more than $3 a litre for the bottled variety, double the price of petrol.
Party turns flat for French bottled water
NZ Herald 9th April 2009
Paris - the land that gave the world Perrier, Evian and Vittel is turning its back on bottled water, preferring instead to get the stuff from the tap.
GreenLiving
Women's Healath March 2009 1st March 2009
Drink green - cheers to eco-friendly beverages
Water by any other bottle
The Moment 27th February 2009
Intrigued by packaging
Oil cheaper than water
Sun Herald 14th December 2008
Driver relief as petrol price hits five-year low
Water - are you drinking too much?
Good Medicine 1st December 2008
While consuming enough fluid keeps the body functioning optimally, recent research shows too much water can be dangerous.
Bottled water debate hits a boiling point
AFP - Washington 30th June 2008
The US Conference of Mayors passed a resolution calling for the phasing out of bottled water by municipalities & the promotion of the importance of public water supplies
Why Australians are guzzling bottled water
The Age 28th June 2008
Despite rumblings of dissent elsewhere in the world, why are Australians such keen supporters of the booming bottled water industry?
Not quite full bottle on water
Ballarat Courier 26th June 2008
You can blame it on Madonna. The pop queen is partly responsible for the craze of bottled water, a new book says.
The good oil on that bottled water
Sunday Canberra Times 22nd June 2008
What do you buy each time you reach into a shop fridge & grab a 600 ml bottle of water - about one-quarter of a bottle of oil ....
Tap into big savings by switching from bottled water
Daily News 18th June 2008
New York Mayor motion to ban bottled water purchases
Want to go green? Ditch bottled water
The Age 10th June 2008
The latest essential accessory is another environmental scourge.
Green lesson's a bottler
Herald Sun 6th June 2008
School is growing a new generation of green thumbs, with students learning sustainable living as a subject next to Engligh and maths
Bottled Guilt
Sunday Magazine 25th May 2008
Ocean researcher Charles Moore gazed from the deck over his catamaran expecting to see pristine Pacific Ocean, but was confronted as far as the eye could see by the sight of plastic. He had sailed into the "Eastern Garbage Patch" an area roughly the size of Texas and growing!
one green bottle
Body & Soul 11th May 2008
Did you know 60% of PET plastic bottles end up in letter or landfill ?
Bottled water fad springs a leak
Sydney Morning Herald 3rd May 2008
Bottled water has become the latest & purest symbol of crass consumption
Recycling illusion exposed
Sydney Morning Herald 7th April 2008
The amount of paper and glass packaging being recycled by Australians has been seriously overestimated, a confidential leaked audit of a national recycling report sent to federal and state ministers has found
Bottled Water: the new social poison ?
Sydney Morning Herald 22nd March 2008
First fast food, then plastic bags. Now bottled water is the next alleged social evil to find itself in the crosshairs of pressure groups.
On tap back on the menu
The Daily Telegraph UK 19th February 2008
Giving up our thirst for bottled water could help save the planet says Judith Woods. But can Eau de Mains pass our taste test?
BBC Panorama
18th February 2008
"A jug of tap water will be fine thanks..." On hearing these words uttered at a neighbouring restaurant table, what do you think?
Bottled Water Immoral
Times UK 16th February 2008
Drinking bottled water is almost indefensible, a government minister has suggested in a scathing attack on the industry.
What's wrong with a drink from the tap
Sunday Life 3rd February 2008
Bottled water has become ubiquitous. But what are the costs - to the environment and our teeth - of our seemingly insatiable thirst for it?
MP's give 10 cents worth on recycling
Sun Herald 20th January 2008
GREENS MP Ian Cohen wants NSW to bring back bottle and can deposits, saying it would be a great way to reduce landfill, cut litter and teach children environmental and social responsibility
Greens MP support deposit to reduce landfill
The Sun-Herald 20th January 2008
Greens MP Ian Cohen wants NSW to bring back bottle and can deposits, saying it would be a great way to reduce landfill, cut litter and teach children environmental and social responsibility.
Plastic drink bottle safe
The Age 29th November 2007
The claim that repeated use of plastic drink bottles could cause cancer is an urban myth, a leading chemical industry spokesman says. (Note mygreenbottle is produced from PET and is Class 1 recyclable)
Think outside the bottle
Corporate Accountability International 10th October 2007
Cities, celebrities, students, religious communities and environmental and corporate accountability organizations urge support for public water systems
Tip to reuse water bottles
Cleo 1st October 2007
Being a bit obsessive about the environment can have serious benefits on your bank balance.
The real cost of bottled water
The Age 19th August 2007
Australia's love affair with bottled water is costing the planet 314,000 barrels of oil a year
