<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for <em>BrandWeek</em>: ‘Sales drought’ for big water bottlers]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Gar Lipow http://www.grist.org/article/bottled-water-runs-dry/ Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:00:07 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/bottled-water-runs-dry/1 I have a bleg on bottled water

I long since cut out all bottled water with one exception. I buy 5 or 6 1 gallon liter containers, keep them 18 months, then gradually use to them up and replace them with new ones. That way I have an emergency water supply should earthquake or storm cut off the sink and trap me. This is standard emergency advice.  Is there an alternative. I don't think putting water into my own containers is a reasonable alternative because I don't think self bottled water keeps as well. (One does not self-bottle in those quantities under aseptic conditions.) A reusable container is fine for day to day use but I don't think so much for long term emergency storage where the water will be left untouched for over a year. Any suggestions?

]]> I have a bleg on bottled water

I long since cut out all bottled water with one exception. I buy 5 or 6 1 gallon liter containers, keep them 18 months, then gradually use to them up and replace them with new ones. That way I have an emergency water supply should earthquake or storm cut off the sink and trap me. This is standard emergency advice.  Is there an alternative. I don't think putting water into my own containers is a reasonable alternative because I don't think self bottled water keeps as well. (One does not self-bottle in those quantities under aseptic conditions.) A reusable container is fine for day to day use but I don't think so much for long term emergency storage where the water will be left untouched for over a year. Any suggestions?

]]> Comment #2 by kmp http://www.grist.org/article/bottled-water-runs-dry/ Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:15:50 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/bottled-water-runs-dry/2 A rain barrel...

...and a good water filter?

Personally, I don't think buying half a dozen gallon jugs of water once a year or so is too damaging, from a sustainability standpoint.

]]> A rain barrel...

...and a good water filter?

Personally, I don't think buying half a dozen gallon jugs of water once a year or so is too damaging, from a sustainability standpoint.

]]> Comment #3 by Werdna http://www.grist.org/article/bottled-water-runs-dry/ Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:25:20 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/bottled-water-runs-dry/3 Same with organic food

I don't know where I heard it, but I believe that there is a similar slump in the organic market.  Unfortunately, people are less willing to spend money on "luxury" items when they can get cheap stuff.

Andrew Eisenberg
The gateway project is wrong---http://www.livableregion.ca


]]> Same with organic food

I don't know where I heard it, but I believe that there is a similar slump in the organic market.  Unfortunately, people are less willing to spend money on "luxury" items when they can get cheap stuff.

Andrew Eisenberg
The gateway project is wrong---http://www.livableregion.ca


]]> Comment #4 by Tom Philpott http://www.grist.org/article/bottled-water-runs-dry/ Tue, 09 Sep 2008 06:04:31 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/bottled-water-runs-dry/4 that's a non-problem, Gar...

... but, you should check into the kind of plastic you're getting. I don't have my copy of Bottlemania with me now, but I do remember Royte saying that those one-gallon water jugs use a really nasty kind of plastic -- nastier than the clear plastic used for standard >1 liter bottles.

Andrew, growth in organics is slowing a bit due to factors you mention. But with this water stuff, I think another factor (besides economic pain) is that greenie types are abandoning bottled water fast. At Slow Food Nation in SF last week, organizers tried real hard to -- and generally succeeding in -- banishing bottled water completely. They were really pushing filtered tap water. Brandishing a bottle of water drew reactions about like chowing down an Oscar Meyer wiener -- I don't think that would have been the case as recently as a year ago.

Victual Reality

]]> that's a non-problem, Gar...

... but, you should check into the kind of plastic you're getting. I don't have my copy of Bottlemania with me now, but I do remember Royte saying that those one-gallon water jugs use a really nasty kind of plastic -- nastier than the clear plastic used for standard >1 liter bottles.

Andrew, growth in organics is slowing a bit due to factors you mention. But with this water stuff, I think another factor (besides economic pain) is that greenie types are abandoning bottled water fast. At Slow Food Nation in SF last week, organizers tried real hard to -- and generally succeeding in -- banishing bottled water completely. They were really pushing filtered tap water. Brandishing a bottle of water drew reactions about like chowing down an Oscar Meyer wiener -- I don't think that would have been the case as recently as a year ago.

Victual Reality

]]> Comment #5 by mcronheim http://www.grist.org/article/bottled-water-runs-dry/ Tue, 09 Sep 2008 08:08:23 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/bottled-water-runs-dry/5 what about corporate?

I'm inclined to assert that the massive scale-back in bottled water purchasing by huge companies to stock their break-rooms has a monumental effect here. I do some consulting for a huge IT company in the process of discontinuing bottled water. A few of these huge buyers could have a considerable impact in this market.

Matthew Cronheim

]]> what about corporate?

I'm inclined to assert that the massive scale-back in bottled water purchasing by huge companies to stock their break-rooms has a monumental effect here. I do some consulting for a huge IT company in the process of discontinuing bottled water. A few of these huge buyers could have a considerable impact in this market.

Matthew Cronheim

]]> Comment #6 by E Royte http://www.grist.org/article/bottled-water-runs-dry/ Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:59:12 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/bottled-water-runs-dry/6 . . . but enhanced waters keep on rolling

While plain old bottled water has taken a hit (thanks to the economy and to the educational campaigns of pressure groups), the enhanced water category has grown enormously: up 18.4 percent during the same period. While it's true that nutrient- or caffeine-enhanced waters don't come from our taps, the production of those bottles (any bottles), and their transportation and disposal still present many of the same environmental problems as un-enhanced waters.

]]> . . . but enhanced waters keep on rolling

While plain old bottled water has taken a hit (thanks to the economy and to the educational campaigns of pressure groups), the enhanced water category has grown enormously: up 18.4 percent during the same period. While it's true that nutrient- or caffeine-enhanced waters don't come from our taps, the production of those bottles (any bottles), and their transportation and disposal still present many of the same environmental problems as un-enhanced waters.

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