http://beta.razoo.com/blog/show/198 Mon, 13 Aug 2007 21:28:21 GMT Latest posts from the Bottled Water Boycott community blog http://beta.razoo.com/blog_post/1494/show <p>A recent article in the New York Times discuses some of the reasons bottled water is bad for the environment. Among them, "It takes 1.5 million barrels a year just to make the plastic water bottles Americans use, according to the Earth Policy Institute in Washington, plus countless barrels to transport it from as far as Fiji and refrigerate it." Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/fashion/12water.html?_r=1&oref=slogin</p> Mon, 13 Aug 2007 21:28:21 GMT http://beta.razoo.com/blog/rss/501 William Cook http://beta.razoo.com/blog_post/675/show <p>It appears that some bottled water companies are trying to reduce their effects on the environment with the bottles that they use for their water. </p> <p>Biota spring water has begun using bottles that are bio-degradable. The new bottles are made from corn and will decompose within 80 days in a compost facility. http://www.biotaspringwater.com/bottle</p> <p>This new bottle seems a step in the right direction but I still wonder how much processing the corn must undergo to become a bottle and how much pollution that processing causes.</p> <p>I'm still gonna be drinking water from the tap, but this company seems to have their attitude, or at least their PR, in the right place.</p> Fri, 22 Jun 2007 17:19:39 GMT http://beta.razoo.com/blog/rss/501 William Cook