Bottled water corporations are changing
the very way people think about water. Though many bottled
water brands come from the same source as public tap water,
they are marketed as somehow more pure. What’s more -
bottled water corporations sell water back to the public at
thousands of times the cost. Plastic bottles also require
massive amounts of fossil fuels to manufacture and transport.
Billions of these bottles wind up in landfills every year.
You can help reverse this trend. At events and over online
networks tens of thousands are supporting the efforts of local
officials to reduce the social impact and environmental harm
of bottled water by prioritizing public water systems. Taking
Corporate Accountability International's Think Outside the Bottle Pledge is quick, easy, and
sends the message that water is a human right, not a commodity.
Take the pledge!
Did you know?
Seventy-four percent of Americans drink bottled water,
and one in five drinks only bottled water.
Worldwide, consumers spent $100 billion on bottled water
in 2005.
Each year more than 4 billion pounds of PET plastic bottles
end up in landfills or as roadside litter.
Making bottles to meet Americans’ demand for bottled
water required the equivalent of more than 17 million barrels
of oil last year – enough fuel for more than 1 million
U.S. cars for a yea
Take the Think Outside the Bottle Pledge
Groups and individuals are pledging today to choose tap water
over bottled water and we need your help!
Because water is a human right and not a commodity to
be bought and sold for profit
Because bottled water corporations are changing the very
way people think about water and undermining people's confidence
in public water systems
Because up to 40% of bottled water in the U.S. and Canada
is sourced from municipal tap water
Because some bottlers have run over communities' concerns
and the environment when they extract water and build bottling
plants to get local spring and ground water
Because bottled water travels many miles from the source,
results in the burning of massive amounts of fossil fuels,
and contributes to the billions of plastic bottles ending
up in our landfills
Because worldwide there is a need for investments in
public water systems to ensure equal access to water, a
key ingredient for prosperity and health for all people,
and
Because solutions to ensuring water as a fundamental
human right require people acting together and standing
up for public water systems.
