My review of the DVD Blue Gold: World Water Wars – Dying for Oil Now, Dying for Water Later #bottledwater #documentary #DVDReview #nestle #PBSdocumentaries #PolandSpring #politicaldocumentary #water #watersupply #waterwars

https://thoughtsfromthemountaintop.com/2023/08/03/dvd-review-blue-gold-world-water-wars-dying-for-oil-now-dying-for-water-later/

My work has a lil cash or credit quickie mart in the #breakroom. The #bottledwater is more expensive than the #sweettea.

There are so many things wrong with this LA times "Official bottled water power rankings", including the ad talking about how "California almond farmers" are fighting climate change. (ps. bottled water is a blight upon the planet) #water #climate #BottledWater

New episode! This week we're looking into the Kidz Water Hydrators, a promotional comic from Marvel designed to sell bottled water. Come for the silly comic, stay for an origin story that includes the 1996 Olympics, Combo Man, and snooping around the Internet Archive!

Listen anywhere but Spotify, or just go here: https://www.tencenttakes.com/episodes/episode/47531372/issue-60-kidz-water-hydrators
#Marvel #1990s #Comics #Marketing #BottledWater

#5yrsago Microsoft sends recycler to jail for reinstalling obsolete, licensed copies of Windows on refurbished PCs https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/true-crime/wp/2018/04/24/recycling-innovator-eric-lundgren-loses-appeal-on-computer-restore-discs-must-serve-15-month-prison-term/

#5yrsago Trump’s finance watchdog wants to make the public database of crooked banks go dark https://www.npr.org/2018/04/25/605835307/the-consumer-complaints-database-that-could-disappear-from-view

#5yrsago #LittleBrother is 10 years old today: I reveal the secret of writing future-proof science fiction https://www.tor.com/2018/04/26/ten-years-of-cory-doctorows-little-brother/

#1yrago #BottledWater monopolist admits #recycling is bullshit https://pluralistic.net/2022/04/26/plastic-fatalistic/#recycled-lies

7/

#5yrsago Microsoft sends recycler to jail for reinstalling obsolete, licensed copies of Windows on refurbished PCs https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/true-crime/wp/2018/04/24/recycling-innovator-eric-lundgren-loses-appeal-on-computer-restore-discs-must-serve-15-month-prison-term/

#5yrsago Trump’s finance watchdog wants to make the public database of crooked banks go dark https://www.npr.org/2018/04/25/605835307/the-consumer-complaints-database-that-could-disappear-from-view

#5yrsago #LittleBrother is 10 years old today: I reveal the secret of writing future-proof science fiction https://www.tor.com/2018/04/26/ten-years-of-cory-doctorows-little-brother/

#1yrago #BottledWater monopolist admits #recycling is bullshit https://pluralistic.net/2022/04/26/plastic-fatalistic/#recycled-lies

7/

I wrote a long rant about #plastic and #bottledwater and posted it on Facebook (because it's longer than 500chars for Mastodon and sometimes I don't want to copy and paste into multiple toots). You can find it at:
https://www.facebook.com/thedavid.mfano/posts/pfbid02GhqQBF1AihDMKVreqPoP2xURkKxv8famcj2S5WKrdzoLsj117q2qgU8Ma5fJcQUzl

#environment #plastics #fossilfuels

Why We Should Not Reuse Plastic Water Bottles
#Health #Science #PET #Plastic #BottledWater #Bioaccumulation #HealthHazard #MicroPlastics #SingleUsePlastics #Reuse #PlasticWaterBottles
https://the-14.com/why-we-should-not-reuse-plastic-water-bottles/

Today I taught water chemistry to the UNSW "Earth's Systems and Sustainability" class. We cover Earth Science and it's role in sustainable development.

It is the one day in the year where I buy a bottle of water, and ask the class to do the same (not susat in nable, I know). We use the water chemistry on the labels to understand the relationship between chemistry and the water source.

And we cover the unsustainability of the bottled water industry, and its impacts on meeting the Sustainable Development Goal 6 (clean water and sanitation).

This year that was made easier by a UN report released two weeks ago, and summarized here:

https://theconversation.com/how-the-bottled-water-industry-is-masking-the-global-water-crisis-201756

This is a global league table you do not want to be top of, and Australia is second worst globally, and the Asia-Pacific the largest users of bottled water. Time to do better....

#water #groundwater #sustainability #SDG6 #SustainableDevelopmentGoals #science #earthscience #waterchemistry #academia #HigherEd #unsw #scicomm #bottledwater
@unsw

Office Water May Be Unsafe After Weekends and Holidays: Best Of: Mar22
You may get more than a case of the Mondays if you hit the ol’ office water fountain after a weekend or holiday closure. #water #stagnation #bottledwater #https://youtu.be/9ropt2JS4_s

Trying to figure this one out in the local supermarket...

I was sure this was some sort of macho "hard" seltzer without the bubbles, but no... just WATER.

On the side it said something like "death to plastic bottles... x% of profit goes to efforts to eliminate plastic bottles"... Seriously?!?

Also, note the price!!

#Water #BottledWater #ExcessPackaging #Marketing #Overpriced

#Georgia #GeorgiaTornado #TroupCounty #PointofDistribution #BottledWater #Tarps #GAwx #TornadoRecovery
Beginning 3-27-23
A Point of Distribution (POD) will be established Monday from 9 AM - 3 PM at the parking lot of the Troup County Jail Annex (Old Correctional Institute) for anyone that is in need of bottled water and tarps. Please only those that were impacted by the storm use this resource.
#TCSO

How the bottled water industry is masking the global water crisis
#Water #BottledWater #GlobalSouth #MunicipalWater #WorldWaterDay #SDG6 #SafeDrinkingWater #UN
https://the-14.com/how-the-bottled-water-industry-is-masking-the-global-water-crisis/

Petition: Return drinking fountains to every town and city in UK

https://chng.it/T8GKbsJZdQ

#DrinkingWater #WaterFountains #health #BottledWater

"Australians each spent an average of $580 buying 504 litres of bottled water per person in 2021"

#Australia #Water #BottledWater

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-17/australias-unquenched-thirst-for-costly-water/102110514

Damn bottled water companies! Not only they sell plastic bottles but also not very high quality at that.

It's the second time a water bottle ruptured and started leaking. The plastic bottles of the past used to last much longer!

#ecology #BottledWater

Never been a fan of #BottledWater except in emergences https://thenewdaily.com.au/life/health/2023/03/17/bottled-water-environmental-toll/

Bottled water masks world's failure to supply safe water for all, can slow sustainable development: UN https://phys.org/news/2023-03-bottled-masks-world-failure-safe.html
#water #bottledwater #sustainability

Capitalism brings innovation! Look at all of the innovation! Taking an essential and borderline-free resource and privatizing it for massive profit, leading to scarcity!

#fucknestle #capitalism #latestagecapitalism #anticonsumption #water #bottledwater

@Stark9837 @atomicpoet

#bottledWater companies are #wastePlastic purveyors

and you don't buy your #beer, you #rent it.