Bottled Water Industry Responds to College Student Activists Seeking Ban
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Liz Klimas
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With places like the Grand Canyon National Park banning sale of plastic water bottles, environmental activists on college campuses are seeking to do the same. But the bottled water industry isn’t taking this affront lightly.
It has a message for activists turning their own arguments against them.
NPR reports that the International Bottled Water Association launched a video against the “misinformation” presented by the activists. Some of the messages include that bottled water has “less of a carbon footprint”, the lowest “water footprint” and less plastic compared to other packaged drinks.
Watch the video:
Taking the stance of promoting freedom of choice, the IBWA president Joe Doss says that it’s not an issue of whether bottled or tap is better but that both options should be available, NPR reports:
[...] the IBWA video suggests the cause is unworthy of students’ energy – instead, perhaps they could focus on genocide in Darfur. It claims bottled water is a good alternative to sugary beverages and easier to recycle than other packaged drinks. The IBWA also argues bottled water is safer than tap water.
Still activists argue that the choice for bottled water would still be available: off campus.
According to NPR, through the “Think Outside the Bottle” campaign, more than 20 schools nationwide have instituted either a whole or partial ban on water bottle sales.
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Comments (73)
cirenire
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 9:48amKADAMS do some homework or better yet let me educate you – There is no connection between PET plastic (which is the plastic that makes single serve water bottles) and BPA. BPA is not used in the production of PET material, nor is it used as a chemical building block for any of the materials used in the manufacture of PET (which stands for Polyethylene terephthalate). They are BPA free.
Report Post »objectivetruth
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 9:32amDear Mr. Beck,
Report Post »I’d like to know where you have gotten some of your posters.They seem to have lost what little is left of there minds and this story is living proof.Being compared to baal worshippers hippies and liberals simply because you think reusing a product is a good idea is ludicrous.Thinking that the free market should prevail and asking people to use common sense before purchasing a product, whether water or something else, is akin to hating capitalism ,at least to some of your posters.
TomFerrari
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 12:07pmScuse me… But…
WE aren’t the ones running around to Yoga classes toting bottles of water.
WE were just fine drinking TAP WATER.
WE were just fine returning our Coke bottles to the grocery.
So, don’t go trying to point fingers at US !
Report Post »toomuchgovt
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 4:16pmI agree what is up with all the MSM reports? Greece is on fire, Beck has great nightly shows and the Blaze does little to follow up or at least report on what Beck said on his show. Maybe we could promote the show if we had some links to support the facts Beck tells us on his show. Stop with the hippie stories. I drink tap water, always have, always will.
Report Post »republic2011
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 9:23amThese idiots complain and are marching with Occupy saying that they can’t find a job. and, then, they go out of their way to kill industry after industry that could potentially provide gainful employment. If you ban bottled water, the company that sells it needs to downsize or goes out of business altogether. Everyone loses their job… accountants, managers, distribution, manufacturing, marketeers, lawyers, …. the list goes on. Shows you what crap they teach students about economics in College. Parents, save your money. Pull them out of these liberal institutions and tell them to get a job picking strawberries, working at McDonalds, or some other job they think is beneath them. These kids are overly spoiled.
Report Post »Who would Jesus bomb?
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 11:49amAmen. What the crap are they teaching these kids in these pathetic schools – they’re teaching them to be useful idiots. Spoiled crybabies with no clue of what makes the world go around. They need a good hard slap in the face, a haircut, shave, shower, and a job.
Report Post »Wolf
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 5:38pmWhich goes to show you exactly what they’re being taught in the “institutions of ‘higher’ learning”.
Report Post »wbaranowski
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 2:05amJust add water!
Report Post »freelancer91
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 11:04pmThis wouldn’t go down well in my dorm. I am in Watterson Towers at Illinois State University. From where my room is, the closest water fountain is two floors down (you must take the stairs because the elevators don’t go to every floor) and across a catwalk between the two towers. My first day here, I bought some bottled lemonade and kept the bottle. I refill it in the bathroom several times a day…..
Report Post »KAdams
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 11:00pmNot to mention all of the BPA in plastic water bottles.
Report Post »Larry_Waters
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 2:22amAre you sure, I’ve seen many reports that several of the larger bottlers are using BPA free plastics now and have been for several years. You have lots of BPA in your car, furnishings and other eating utensils…
Report Post »CleanUpAisle2013
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 10:25pmI just got this from a “like minded” friend and it seems appropriate for this topic. Regrets if you’ve heard it before. Otherwise … enjoy!
> A woman from Los Angeles who was a tree hugger, a liberal Democrat, and an anti-hunter, purchased a piece of timberland near Colville, WA.
> >
> > There was a large tree on one of the highest points in the tract. She wanted a good view of the natural splendor of her land so she started to climb the big tree.
As she neared the top she encountered a spotted owl that attacked her. In her haste to escape, the woman slid down the tree to the ground and got many splinters in her crotch.
> >
> > In considerable pain, she hurried to a local ER to see a doctor. She told him she was an environmentalist, a democrat, and an anti-hunter and how she came to get all the splinters.
The doctor listened to her story with great patience and then told her to go wait in the examining room and he would see if he could help her.
> >
> > She sat and waited three hours before the doctor reappeared. The angry woman demanded, “What took you so long?” He smiled and then told her,
“Well, I had to get permits from the Environmental Protection Agency, the Forest Service, and the Bureau of Land Management before I could remove old-growth timber from a
“recreational area” so close to a waste treatment facility. I’m sorry, but due to Obama Care they turned me down.”
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 11:16pmROARING with laughter!
Report Post »Gumbercules
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 2:54amDitto. That was pretty funny.
No TL:DR here.
Report Post »Who would Jesus bomb?
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 11:53amL m A O !
Report Post »Mrs. Bowers
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 10:18pmI drink bottled water all the time. I recycle and enjoy fresh purified water. These people could do wonders if they would concentrate on things that truly matter.
Report Post »Captain Crunch
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 12:21amRecycle? How do you purify it after you have drank and pee’d it out? Do you use the same bottles over again?
Report Post »AmericanStrega
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 12:18pmWe buy the 12oz bottles of water every other week. In between times, I wash and refill those same bottles from our Reverse Osmosis system we built into our tap water system. R. O. systems remove just about everything from tap water that one may not want. It also makes the water taste better (living in the midwest, the water here is nasty tasting). We change out the bottles every other week with new ones. Works for us. Oh, and if the Nanny‘s decide we can’t have bottled water anymore. I’ll just use a glass canning jar to transport my water. Just have to be more careful and not drop the suckers.
Report Post »valettie
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 7:32pmI totally agree. Recycling is great, You know these bottles can be made into ENERGY! Im NOT kidding. A free fuel. It’s in google, youtube, type in.. making free fuels from plastic and other wastes, etc…
Report Post »2theADDLED
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:58pmBottled water should be banned it comes from the earth and is a gift to all that inhabit this earth and someone had the bright idea hey we can steal it and sell it water belongs to no one.
Report Post »Flag-Man
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 11:05pmAre you out of your mind or just plain stupid????????
Report Post »Bottled water is a convenience like bottled soft drinks
Stoic one
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 11:25pmSo go climb that mountain to get your drink of free water, but watch out the owner of that land might have some twelve gauge shells with rock salt for you.
Report Post »In the mean time i will enjoy my tap water that I pay $25 for 50,000+ gallons to be rendered safe to drink. If I feel the desire to have water in a bottle I will do so..
2theADDLED
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 3:00am@ Flag-Man
Report Post »Buy your own container and fill it at home do you realize you pay more for your convenient water than you do for fuel !
2theADDLED
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 3:04am@ Stoic one
Report Post »Have you seen whats in your water you might be surprised is it really safe ?
You must really trust your Government.
2theADDLED
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 4:57am@ Flag-Man
Report Post »Would you pay for the air you breath if it were sold as a convenience ?
2theADDLED
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 5:26am@ Flag-Man
Report Post »Make sure you identify yourself as the dumb a** who would pay for water as the paramedics pick you up from heat stroke I am sure they would be happy to add it to your bill.
right-wing-waco
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 8:47am(Places tongue in cheek),
Report Post »Food should be banned, it comes from the earth and is a gift to all that inhabit this earth and someone had the bright idea hey we can steal it and sell it food belongs to no one.
(Remove tongue from cheek)
right-wing-waco
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 8:50am(Place tongue in cheek)
Report Post »Packaged food should be banned, it comes from the earth and is a gift to all that inhabit this earth and someone had the bright idea hey we can steal it and sell it, food belongs to no one.
(Remove tongue from cheek)
nelbert
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 9:02am@2THEADDLED:
I‘m more worried about what chemical additive you’re on. Since everything comes from the Earth, I guess your proposal is that we all just die. I’ll be gentlemanly and allow you to go first!
Report Post »COFemale
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 2:22pmGee, if you banned bottled water, how in the world would you be able to supply those after Katrina, Haiti, Japan, or a tornado? Do any of you Liberals ever think about the bigger picture? We capitulated and allowed you recycle, be happy with this. You are not in control of this earth and the sooner you realize this and quite running around like henny penny, you will find yourselves much happier. Start using the brains God gave you instead of the lack thereof that Satan bestowed to your pea brains.
Report Post »2theADDLED
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 11:24pm@ right-wing-waco
Report Post »That is correct it is a life sustaining neccessity why do we send food to other nations that are starving it is called the Christian thing to do but yet we encourage them to not grow their own crops you will soon learn to forage for your meals and I feel sorry for you when it becomes scarce and you have no money and all charity is lost. Make sure you identify yourself as well. I tell you get prepared your food will no longer will be sold or given as charity. Ask Glenn about the future without food.
2theADDLED
Posted on February 15, 2012 at 12:00am@ right-wing-waco
Report Post »Where would this country be if the Indians had put a price on food or the know how to grow crops I believe they would have starved to death as they were. The original plan was to grow your crops to share with others as items of neccessity as a collective group.
right-wing-waco
Posted on February 15, 2012 at 9:21amThat is correct, the early settlers did try socialism. And, they nearly starved because not everyone worked hard. Then the land was divided and given to the settlers and each was responsible for his own life. There was plenty and they traded with each other. That is the story of the 1st Thanksgiving. The lesson of that time was simple… socialism did not work.
Report Post »2theADDLED
Posted on February 15, 2012 at 11:36am@ right-wing-waco
Report Post »You see there may be help for you after all.
The first rule as a military leader is not self preservation the first rule is take care of your troops first.
This lesson will come in handy.
2theADDLED
Posted on February 15, 2012 at 12:55pmThe profiting of lifes necessities totally changes the question of who lives and who dies and who is profiting off the misery and death.
Report Post »right-wing-waco
Posted on February 16, 2012 at 2:07pm@ 2theADDLED
Then just declare food a free, “necessary”, comodity and see how much food is around in a year. That is socialism.
Report Post »FreedomPurveyor
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:54pmSomeone needs to teach these hippies to use logic
Report Post »YAHSHUARULES
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 5:14amThere is more going on here then meets the eye. Glenn had on Rabbi Lapin on the Feb 2 GBTV program. Rabbi Lapin said that recycling is one of the sacraments to the god the OWS types, human secularists, athiests and hippies worship! BAAL. The Baal is the evil pre-biblical diety that has several manifestations all of them evil aimed at the total destruction of civilization and institution of chaos and anarchy, forces of sexual deviancy, god that is involved in weather, commerce, worship of the earth, involved with bodily eminations. The god of those who believe we came from primodial slime and that is what we will return. Very enlightening hour on a very ancient evil that is manifesting in the most unlikely ways yet when you give the good Rabbi the time he will connect the dots of OWS, islam, the earth worshippers, perversion, hippies, secular humanists and more…Anyone who has not seen this program would do well to watch it and get an all encompasing spiritual perspective that ties together all the manifestations of disparate darkness we are experiencing and what needs to happen to combat this.
Report Post »This should be a direct link if not go to GBTV.com and look up 2-2-12
http://web.gbtv.com/schedule/index.jsp?ymd=20120202
objectivetruth
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 9:23am@yashawrules
Report Post »I’m so glad to know you think that those who reuse and recycle are baal worshippers.First I’ve heard of it.Hmm I was raised in a day and age where people reused for practicle reasons.It saved space money ,and well ,some things just shouldn’t be put in a burn barrel.
YAHSHUARULES
Posted on February 15, 2012 at 1:16amTo objectivetruth I am not talking about reusing things, I am talking about a radical agenda, which makes the earth more important then the people. The types who believe a rat baby is just as important as a human baby (radical animal rights types), I am talking about those who are pushing an earth first radical, climate change (can’t even call it global warming now that has been discredited and now they say its global cooling), guya worship agenda. I am talking about what has happened to this country and society from the Woodstock generation through Altamont to OWS Today. It’s all connected. Watch the good Rabbi lay it all out and then come back and make comments if you still disagree. I can’t put in one paragraph what it took him and hour to do justice to. He explained it as the difference between looking at a photograph (a single moment in time which tells you nothing of what came before or after) or a movie which gives you the context of that single frame. He was not saying we are not to be good stewards of the planet, of course we are, but we are not to WORSHIP it. Those that push the radical agenda do just that, those that believe we came from primordial slime and that we evolved basically to soulless thinking self aware baboons that will return to that same slime, those that hate the concept of a Judeo Christian civilization… much more then recycling going on here…check it out before you judge
Report Post »angelcat
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:39pmDo they complain about all that latex and other materials used in the condoms they buy (or get free) being environmentally harmful? I bet not. That would interfere with loveless sex so many engage in and we wouldn’t want them to actually have to use some self-control now, would we?
Report Post »flyingcar28
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:29pmLet me guess it is because bottled water is the drink of choice for the 1%.
Report Post »tnman49
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:20pmRemove the bottled water machines from the universities and give those ******** drinking fountains. Stupid dumb asses!
Report Post »THXll38
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:13pmThe only thing worth while recycling is aluminum (and other metals) because there is a profit on both sides. All the other recycling hype is just a “feel” good policy that actually uses more energy and material than making it from scratch. Freaking ******** are getting more libtarted everyday.
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 11:28pmActually cardboard is border line profitable/break even prospect as well
Report Post »democritusoilder267
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:00pmMost, if not all bottled water is playing tap-water. That is why I always buy large cheap cases. I cannot complain if a town or college/university bans the sale of bottled water. Less money I would be spending on their over priced beverage machines.
Report Post »marion
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 11:04pmTalk about idiots buying water, the most common element on the planet. Water has nothing in it other than the possiblity of trace minerals, and if you look, some actually have trace amounts of chlorine, a preservative (yes, I have read that on bottles before), so figure it out. it is rediculously priced, and if it isn’t safe out of the tap or drinking fountain, I would rather have something with some calories. Don’t care for the HFCS corn starch sugar, but it sure does more for the body than water, which zero in it. In fact, the bottle itself costs more than the water it contains, so you want to talk about ripping people off on price margins, think about it.
Report Post »Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 8:55pmJust Tell them about all the Environmental damage done while harvesting and brewing Starbucks Coffee.The they would swear it was a Capitalist plot by Wall Street and Evil Corporations against Starbucks.
Report Post »spirited
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 8:40pm…and what would these brain ee yacs like water to be packaged in –glass?
Leave water alone… and go after something that makes sense
>like all of the useless plastic packaging that eveythings else is sealed in,
Report Post »and the 6 pieces of molded styrofoam that come in every box of nuts..
ColoradoMaverick
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 8:30pmWhy bottled water? What about bottled beer, bottled soda, bottled energy drinks? I’m lucky enough to have great well water, but I still drink bottled water for convenience. I do recycle, always have since the 1970′s. These college kids think they are changing the world.
Report Post »KAdams
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 11:07pmThere are different uses for recycled plastics. You can’t use soda bottles for water bottles, laundry detergent bottles recycled into food containers. Water bottles, baby bottles and sports drink bottles have been shown to contain the highest levels of BPA (bisphenol-A) which is a xeno-estrogen(mimics estrogen). The thermal paper register receipts print on also have BPA.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/bpa.htm
Report Post »Dougral Supports Israel
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 7:59pmI’m not a user of bottled water but I have nothing against people who wish to purchase it. If those college bozos think its bad then they can refuse to use it. Let the free market decide.
Report Post »valettie
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 7:40pmI used to have to buy it where I lived before since they water was disgusting, now my tap water is good, so I don’t BUY it any more.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 7:46pmCarbon footprint my a$$ stop buying into all these environmental wackos BS,we ARE carbon.These environmental wack jobs are destroying industries left and right,go to hell all of you filthy heathen Marxists/communists/progressives.
Report Post »Stoic one
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 7:53pmCarbon Dioxide is :
………………………..wait for it….
PLANT FOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 11:01pmAnd we need more co2 not less
Report Post »lstoddard004
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 7:45pmGood grief, and they are the future.
Report Post »sndrman
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 7:42pmyou go to colleges to learn or be indoctrinated? what some school or professor didn’t get paid off? an attack on capitalism always starts as good for you…. remember the anti-smoking people and look where it is now,then trans fat,now bottle water. what i have noticed is when a (r) is the white house all kinds of bad news comes out like homeless,all kinds of studies to make people miserable unhappy
Report Post »cirenire
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 7:40pmGive me a break! If you don’t like bottled water or feel that it is not environmentally good…it’s simple…don’t buy it. But don‘t tell someone else they can’t. Why don’t these college kids worry about something that really matters!!
Report Post »booger71
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 9:38pmLike drinking beer
Report Post »JUSTANOTHEROPINION
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 7:32pmJust when I think I’ve heard it all. If they ever ban stupid from college we would have a crap load of vacant higher learning institutes!
Report Post »RightThinking1
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 10:33amActually, educators and politicians are *promoting* ‘stupid’ in colleges. Probably only 20% or so of admitted students are qualified to do the work.
Report Post »Brents Torts
Posted on February 13, 2012 at 7:29pmInsanity
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