While I do not advocate bottled water, I do see a need for water that is of higher quality than tap water. With contaminants of radon, cyanide, fluoride (by product waste from fertalizer phosphate companies), and other heavy metals, there is a definite need for high quality drinking water. I am stuck between a rock and a hard place. The bottled water industry is not regulated (from toxins bleeding into the water from the plastic petrol botles), and the municiple water is contaminated.
@zerokill2006 So the best solution is to buy a reverse osmosis whole house filter, but guess what...that is expensive. What about the rest of the population that can't afford such a necessity? We need some responsible people to re-think the entire water distribution system as it looks like it hasn't been over-hauled in a while. Cyanide and fluoride in the water system should not be acceptable IN ANY AMOUNT what-so-ever.
@zerokill2006 Most bottled water companies literally source their water from the tap and do nothing else too it but sell it to you at 10,000 the price.
how utterly pitiful. I've lost faith in major corporations. They grow so big that they don't see the damage they do from outsourcing (looking at you nestle). Turning a profit is all they want...after all, water is a free natural resource ripe for the pumping. Do they consider that the amount they take will damage any ecosystem surrounding their pumping zone? watch 'for the love of water', that will show the truth behind their lies. This is no better than corp videos stating that BGH is harmless.
@ 2m:9s into to the response video, the guy says "we ATTEMPT to recycle ALL the material waste that comes out of the manufacturing facility" ! water being a natural resource, all they do is produce waste....and make money out of it....
Creating billions of plastic water bottles is not a good business model and it is not being a good steward of the environment. I don't think anyone will be deceived by this video. Change your ways!
An unneccessary product? Twenty-five percent of the U.S. population relies on bottled water as the sole means of getting natural spring water or even profesionally purified water -- neither of which comes from a tap. Whenever someone mentions "filtering" tap, they are admitting their water is undrinkable. Water is the most important thing in my diet. Far from unnecessary, bottled water is essential.
@caymuspour Yes it's an unnecessary product. How do you think we lived off of tap water for all those years before the 1970's? And filtering tap water is only for taste, not for making it "drinkable" it was drinkable to begin with. Bottled water companies are wasting our natural resources and making you pay 2000 times the value of drinking water.
Nestle got sued in McCloud, California for stealing communities tap water to sell back to us for a profit. Pepsi steals water from poor villages in India who have no alternative but contaminated water- this causes the spread of disease and death. Bottled water is unsustainable and will ultimately cause water shortages and environmental destruction.
Most of the time we don't need disposable water bottles. They should only be used in cases where potable water is not available, otherwise is a shameful waste of resources and major pollutant. For all the profit that the water companies make, this half baked school project-esque shows a terrible disrespect for their consumers.
LOL - check out the author's profiles of the positive comments; the majority of them signed up around the same time this video was posted. Coincidence? Or is it the IBWA sent them here to make it look like people support this greenwashing BS?
the whole point of the "story of bottles water" video was to show that bottled water is unnecessary. Although it is all well and good that these companies are recycling, they are creating unnecessary waste.
Why doesn't this "reporter" ever ask the real question: "Since tap water in the US is clean in the vast majority of municipalities, why would someone pay 1000 times the amount for water put in plastic bottles?" The Story of Bottled Water answers that: Manufactured Demand.
This video is 100-times more reasoned than Annie Leonard's. Can she claim to recycle 95% of what she uses? Can she claim to recycle 95% of what those around her are using? At what point do we hold Annie Leonard accountable for more than just preaching to everyone else? The future belongs to those who do, not those who expect others to do it for them.
@MrSamthe1man Just to clarify because you are clearly missing the boat on this whole water bottle thing, you ask, can she claim to recycle 95%of what she uses? but I ask, can any of the people in the video claim that either? No, and as for your whole, the future belongs to those who do, not those who expect others to do it for them, if you're the cause of the problem you all of a sudden decide to slightly help than you're no better than the person telling others how to help.
Pathetic response to storyofstuff. Guys wake up. You are sponsoring rehab after u deforest :). You consume and then u recycle. Nobody has asked these guys what percentage is recylcled? And look at the overall loss in this context, people are paying for free stuff and then they are also paying hidden costs like cost of pollution, deforestation, fall of the water table for no real advantage.
It is good to see an industry so committed to recycling, reducing its carbon footprint and environmental stewardship. I am very impressed with the fact they have a 95% recycling rate, I don't see many other industries claiming to have such a high recycling rate. We should be more supportive of these commitments, not negative. I believe the bottled water industry is taking a step in the right direction
It is good to see companies reducing waste, encouraging recycling, and to be taking care of the environment. I am very impressed with a 95% recycling rate. I don't see many other industries saying they have a 95% recycling rate. Instead of being so negative towards the good actions they are making we should be supportive and encourage more good actions.
In the transition towards a sustainable society the only thing I would save of this video is the guy who says that they recycle 95% of the waste from the manufacturing process. Still, we have to keep in mind that bottled water is a false need, induced by industry to make money out of something that is considered a fundamental human need by the United Nations. Clean up your mess=good. But Also: Transition to a society where your bottle dont exist anymore. Tap water affordable for all.
My 5th grade students and I have just had a wonderful discussion about how companies who need to justify their existence are able to say a whole lot of nothing that sounds amazing!
On the enviro aspects in this video, the only person who actually says anything close 2 actually doing something 4 t environment is the 1st guy. Everyone else - if you stop making bottled water, then u won't need 2 worry about reducing waste or recycling. How great u are to deal with the problems that you've created.
@guest9682 Agree. They are firefighters of a problem that they have created. I light a fire in the forest and then come to estinguish it, and keep saying that I have saved the forest. In a sustainable society bottled water would not exist.
Love my bottled water and love this video! Exercise, eat whole natural foods and drink bottled water and you will outlive all of the antis who are all upset about this video.
Bottled water is a positive product. A Chlorine Free, Chemical Free, Sugar free hydration agent that diabetics and healthy people can share. Tap is for flushing.
Propaganda and misinformation. Not as bad as an HFCS (High Fructose Corn Syrup) shill mock-mocking a highly paid actress into saying "love your top" in response to a list of false claims, but still FALSE.
People who DON'T drink bottled water should be concerned about their bodies and spend less time worrying about mine. Even my cats drink bottled water -- because I love them. Don't attempt to force your ignorant beliefs on others. Do what you want, but leave me out of it. I make my own decisions based on CORRECT information...not propaganda.
This video is so absurd. Most municipalities have water supplies perfectly adequate for human consumption. Those that don't, have water that can be filtered with a high quality home filter. The filtering option costs consumers much less than bottled water in the long run, while removing many of the costs externalized to society.
Water is such an important resource, and where we have plenty of water, we must share it with other parts of the world that need it! And for people who exercise and maintain their health, thus saving our health care system boat loads of money, water is an essential factor. It's fine to fill one's water bottle up with tap water, but it is also fine to drink bottled water and then recycle the bottle. I drink bottled water and I am an environmentalist.
This bottled water backlash seems like such a pet issue compared to other problems surrounding water. How about focusing our collective energy on safe water infrastructure around the world? On making tap water safer in the US? This issue is creating a home for extreme views and internet lynch mobs. You are attacking anyone who departs from your narrow dogma. I drink tap. when i don;t have access to a steel canteen or glass, i drink bottled. i recycle my bottles. It's my choice
@TheDaisyDog22 Also, developed countries' rampant demand for oil is a reason why indigenous people in at least one country do not have access to a clean water supply. See the movie Crude, which describes the impacts of Chevron-Texaco's oil mining activities on the Ecuadorian aquifer.
Everything we buy comes in packaging. Instead of harassing companies, wouldn't we do better to encourage them to reduce packaging, reduce fuel consumption, reduce carbon footprints, and be socially responsible? As consumers, we hold that power. Why are we focused on bottled water, instead of real problem of safe water infrastructure here and internationally? The bottled water backlash is a pet issue. is this the most important thing we should be fight against?
@TheDaisyDog22 For products that are completely unnecessary and redundant, it is not enough to ask producers to simply reduce packaging. I think that many on the people commenting and voting on this video are exercising our power as consumers by not purchasing bottled water. Maybe this issues is small compared the problems faced by developing countries, but it is a problem that we can directly affect and improve by making a small change to our daily living habits.
@bwalk. Nonsense. If helping developing nations is what you're about, I can name a dozen different organizations anxious to tap your time, talent and resources... starting with the church right down your own street. Make a difference in your life and spend less time worrying about how you look to others.
Yikes. Well, it's obvious from the production values that Coke and Pepsi are not part of this organization. You know, I actually feel a bit badly for the people who unwisely paid for and posted this video. When they got into the bottled water business, they probably had no idea it would turn out be such a bad idea. My bet is that once they see the comments viewers have posted, they'll yank the whole thing. Time for serious sober second thought, BWM. The tide is turning quickly.
@ShineolaCom Ding, ding, ding! You are RIGHT -- Coke and Pepsi are not members of IBWA (the International Bottled Water Association), which has a membership mainly made up of small family owned businesses who employ Americans in providing bottled water to their local communities. And many have been doing so for several generations. IBWA's so-called "bad idea" is getting lots of attention and at 1/500th of the price tag of Annie Leonard's corporate presentation. IBWA's is a true success story!
No amount of recycling or planting trees can change the fact that our oceans, river, streams, animals, and our own bodies now hold trace amounts of chemicals used in plastic bottles. These chemicals cause developmental defects in children and mimic hormones that will cause weird things in the human body, such as men growing breasts. cancer and all sorts of other nice things.
I wonder why they shiped the jobs around the great lakes to the third world I knew they were making a play on it. You can't live without water you can turn the faucet off to the country if you control the lakes.All these illegal alien births are stealing water with their bodies millions of people amount is a lot of water weight.They have factory farms very few small farmers left and people don't have a idea about agriculture.
E for effort. But a horrible job at an attempt to counter the claims in "The Story of Bottled Water". The worst part is the cheesy music. Oh wait, the ambiguous and scripted answers set in an "impromptu" environment were nifty as well.
"Greenwashing" is term that enviros throw around when any business does anything to help the planet. What a shame they do that, rather than applaud those industries that care about the environment. "Greenwashing" is term used by those who selectively pick and choose who they "allow" to be green. But the game is over! I applaud these folks for recycling and protecting groundwater. There's nothing to knock here! It's all good!
While I do not advocate bottled water, I do see a need for water that is of higher quality than tap water. With contaminants of radon, cyanide, fluoride (by product waste from fertalizer phosphate companies), and other heavy metals, there is a definite need for high quality drinking water. I am stuck between a rock and a hard place. The bottled water industry is not regulated (from toxins bleeding into the water from the plastic petrol botles), and the municiple water is contaminated.
zerokill2006 2 months ago
@zerokill2006 So the best solution is to buy a reverse osmosis whole house filter, but guess what...that is expensive. What about the rest of the population that can't afford such a necessity? We need some responsible people to re-think the entire water distribution system as it looks like it hasn't been over-hauled in a while. Cyanide and fluoride in the water system should not be acceptable IN ANY AMOUNT what-so-ever.
zerokill2006 2 months ago
@zerokill2006 Most bottled water companies literally source their water from the tap and do nothing else too it but sell it to you at 10,000 the price.
grizzle 1 day ago
how utterly pitiful. I've lost faith in major corporations. They grow so big that they don't see the damage they do from outsourcing (looking at you nestle). Turning a profit is all they want...after all, water is a free natural resource ripe for the pumping. Do they consider that the amount they take will damage any ecosystem surrounding their pumping zone? watch 'for the love of water', that will show the truth behind their lies. This is no better than corp videos stating that BGH is harmless.
Igarythefreeloader 5 months ago
I noticed that all of the pro bottled water comments are all new youtube accounts supporting bottled water. Holy propaganda batman!
Salvia20 1 year ago 10
@ 2m:9s into to the response video, the guy says "we ATTEMPT to recycle ALL the material waste that comes out of the manufacturing facility" ! water being a natural resource, all they do is produce waste....and make money out of it....
anirudhmb 1 year ago
To be honest, I'm quite sure American people are stupid enough to buy all this bullshit with some peaceful music in the background.
gaLezki 1 year ago
greenwashing is what they call this.
tedgrand 1 year ago 4
Creating billions of plastic water bottles is not a good business model and it is not being a good steward of the environment. I don't think anyone will be deceived by this video. Change your ways!
mleslie598 1 year ago
this is BULL... 400,000 trees is a grain of sand compared to the amount damage the factories has produced just in carbon.
coasterolla 1 year ago
I stopped using bottled water. Instead I use reusable Nalgene bottles and fill them up with my fridge's filtered tap. This video is a gimmick.
hal1992 1 year ago
@hal1992 i think i read that Nalgene bottles have BPA in the spouts...might want to check on that.
viewernumber23 1 year ago
Why am I not buying this?
EzraPounded 1 year ago
you should be ashamed of yourselves for putting these lies out in public. bottled water is a pathetic waste of resources.
christoffjp 1 year ago
An unneccessary product? Twenty-five percent of the U.S. population relies on bottled water as the sole means of getting natural spring water or even profesionally purified water -- neither of which comes from a tap. Whenever someone mentions "filtering" tap, they are admitting their water is undrinkable. Water is the most important thing in my diet. Far from unnecessary, bottled water is essential.
caymuspour 1 year ago
@caymuspour Yes it's an unnecessary product. How do you think we lived off of tap water for all those years before the 1970's? And filtering tap water is only for taste, not for making it "drinkable" it was drinkable to begin with. Bottled water companies are wasting our natural resources and making you pay 2000 times the value of drinking water.
xplodr007 1 year ago
@xplodr007 No one should have to pay for water to begin with. It should be a free resource available to all.
LindzehLou 1 year ago
@caymuspour Buy a filter then.
zerokill2006 2 months ago
Nestle got sued in McCloud, California for stealing communities tap water to sell back to us for a profit. Pepsi steals water from poor villages in India who have no alternative but contaminated water- this causes the spread of disease and death. Bottled water is unsustainable and will ultimately cause water shortages and environmental destruction.
grayunderworld 1 year ago
Most of the time we don't need disposable water bottles. They should only be used in cases where potable water is not available, otherwise is a shameful waste of resources and major pollutant. For all the profit that the water companies make, this half baked school project-esque shows a terrible disrespect for their consumers.
manelaman 1 year ago
LOL - check out the author's profiles of the positive comments; the majority of them signed up around the same time this video was posted. Coincidence? Or is it the IBWA sent them here to make it look like people support this greenwashing BS?
toddatwashtech 1 year ago
the whole point of the "story of bottles water" video was to show that bottled water is unnecessary. Although it is all well and good that these companies are recycling, they are creating unnecessary waste.
kpgoodie 1 year ago
Why doesn't this "reporter" ever ask the real question: "Since tap water in the US is clean in the vast majority of municipalities, why would someone pay 1000 times the amount for water put in plastic bottles?" The Story of Bottled Water answers that: Manufactured Demand.
toddatwashtech 1 year ago
This video is 100-times more reasoned than Annie Leonard's. Can she claim to recycle 95% of what she uses? Can she claim to recycle 95% of what those around her are using? At what point do we hold Annie Leonard accountable for more than just preaching to everyone else? The future belongs to those who do, not those who expect others to do it for them.
MrSamthe1man 1 year ago
@MrSamthe1man Just to clarify because you are clearly missing the boat on this whole water bottle thing, you ask, can she claim to recycle 95%of what she uses? but I ask, can any of the people in the video claim that either? No, and as for your whole, the future belongs to those who do, not those who expect others to do it for them, if you're the cause of the problem you all of a sudden decide to slightly help than you're no better than the person telling others how to help.
mollyybridge 1 year ago
Pathetic response to storyofstuff. Guys wake up. You are sponsoring rehab after u deforest :). You consume and then u recycle. Nobody has asked these guys what percentage is recylcled? And look at the overall loss in this context, people are paying for free stuff and then they are also paying hidden costs like cost of pollution, deforestation, fall of the water table for no real advantage.
sunnysurya 1 year ago
It is good to see an industry so committed to recycling, reducing its carbon footprint and environmental stewardship. I am very impressed with the fact they have a 95% recycling rate, I don't see many other industries claiming to have such a high recycling rate. We should be more supportive of these commitments, not negative. I believe the bottled water industry is taking a step in the right direction
freye84 1 year ago
It is good to see companies reducing waste, encouraging recycling, and to be taking care of the environment. I am very impressed with a 95% recycling rate. I don't see many other industries saying they have a 95% recycling rate. Instead of being so negative towards the good actions they are making we should be supportive and encourage more good actions.
freye84 1 year ago
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eccemarco 1 year ago
In the transition towards a sustainable society the only thing I would save of this video is the guy who says that they recycle 95% of the waste from the manufacturing process. Still, we have to keep in mind that bottled water is a false need, induced by industry to make money out of something that is considered a fundamental human need by the United Nations. Clean up your mess=good. But Also: Transition to a society where your bottle dont exist anymore. Tap water affordable for all.
eccemarco 1 year ago 3
You pay people enough money and they will say anything. Thanks for proving it.
Pyro1509 1 year ago
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KyraHarris100 1 year ago
Was this created as a high school journalism class project? So utterly meaningless.
AnitaBerger 1 year ago 3
My 5th grade students and I have just had a wonderful discussion about how companies who need to justify their existence are able to say a whole lot of nothing that sounds amazing!
On the enviro aspects in this video, the only person who actually says anything close 2 actually doing something 4 t environment is the 1st guy. Everyone else - if you stop making bottled water, then u won't need 2 worry about reducing waste or recycling. How great u are to deal with the problems that you've created.
guest9682 1 year ago
@guest9682 Agree. They are firefighters of a problem that they have created. I light a fire in the forest and then come to estinguish it, and keep saying that I have saved the forest. In a sustainable society bottled water would not exist.
eccemarco 1 year ago
Never seen a less informative or more uncommunicative video. "We attempt to recycle." Good for you. I do recycle.
yesbergerman 1 year ago
Love my bottled water and love this video! Exercise, eat whole natural foods and drink bottled water and you will outlive all of the antis who are all upset about this video.
gavan78 1 year ago
fail.
ildolce 1 year ago
Bottled water is a positive product. A Chlorine Free, Chemical Free, Sugar free hydration agent that diabetics and healthy people can share. Tap is for flushing.
btomgrant 1 year ago
Propaganda and misinformation. Not as bad as an HFCS (High Fructose Corn Syrup) shill mock-mocking a highly paid actress into saying "love your top" in response to a list of false claims, but still FALSE.
bt2tags 1 year ago
People who DON'T drink bottled water should be concerned about their bodies and spend less time worrying about mine. Even my cats drink bottled water -- because I love them. Don't attempt to force your ignorant beliefs on others. Do what you want, but leave me out of it. I make my own decisions based on CORRECT information...not propaganda.
alexisishere1 1 year ago
This video is so absurd. Most municipalities have water supplies perfectly adequate for human consumption. Those that don't, have water that can be filtered with a high quality home filter. The filtering option costs consumers much less than bottled water in the long run, while removing many of the costs externalized to society.
bwalk1154 1 year ago
Good example of corporate responsibility and proof that the bottled water industry is not the bad guy! Drink more bottled water!
jv99abq 1 year ago
Water is such an important resource, and where we have plenty of water, we must share it with other parts of the world that need it! And for people who exercise and maintain their health, thus saving our health care system boat loads of money, water is an essential factor. It's fine to fill one's water bottle up with tap water, but it is also fine to drink bottled water and then recycle the bottle. I drink bottled water and I am an environmentalist.
chginme 1 year ago 3
This bottled water backlash seems like such a pet issue compared to other problems surrounding water. How about focusing our collective energy on safe water infrastructure around the world? On making tap water safer in the US? This issue is creating a home for extreme views and internet lynch mobs. You are attacking anyone who departs from your narrow dogma. I drink tap. when i don;t have access to a steel canteen or glass, i drink bottled. i recycle my bottles. It's my choice
TheDaisyDog22 1 year ago 5
@TheDaisyDog22 Also, developed countries' rampant demand for oil is a reason why indigenous people in at least one country do not have access to a clean water supply. See the movie Crude, which describes the impacts of Chevron-Texaco's oil mining activities on the Ecuadorian aquifer.
bwalk1154 1 year ago
Everything we buy comes in packaging. Instead of harassing companies, wouldn't we do better to encourage them to reduce packaging, reduce fuel consumption, reduce carbon footprints, and be socially responsible? As consumers, we hold that power. Why are we focused on bottled water, instead of real problem of safe water infrastructure here and internationally? The bottled water backlash is a pet issue. is this the most important thing we should be fight against?
TheDaisyDog22 1 year ago 3
@TheDaisyDog22 For products that are completely unnecessary and redundant, it is not enough to ask producers to simply reduce packaging. I think that many on the people commenting and voting on this video are exercising our power as consumers by not purchasing bottled water. Maybe this issues is small compared the problems faced by developing countries, but it is a problem that we can directly affect and improve by making a small change to our daily living habits.
bwalk1154 1 year ago
@bwalk. Nonsense. If helping developing nations is what you're about, I can name a dozen different organizations anxious to tap your time, talent and resources... starting with the church right down your own street. Make a difference in your life and spend less time worrying about how you look to others.
MrSamthe1man 1 year ago
Shameless plug.
Vinnyd777 1 year ago
I think bottled water is a LOT better for us than other beverages. It ain't "greenwashing" if it is the truth!
MrJbspeed 1 year ago
What a load of horse shit propaganda.
burrdturgler 1 year ago
wow, i loves me some greenwashing....
thousand000 1 year ago
100% CORPORATE B.S.!
Willjk89 1 year ago
Yikes. Well, it's obvious from the production values that Coke and Pepsi are not part of this organization. You know, I actually feel a bit badly for the people who unwisely paid for and posted this video. When they got into the bottled water business, they probably had no idea it would turn out be such a bad idea. My bet is that once they see the comments viewers have posted, they'll yank the whole thing. Time for serious sober second thought, BWM. The tide is turning quickly.
ShineolaCom 1 year ago
@ShineolaCom Ding, ding, ding! You are RIGHT -- Coke and Pepsi are not members of IBWA (the International Bottled Water Association), which has a membership mainly made up of small family owned businesses who employ Americans in providing bottled water to their local communities. And many have been doing so for several generations. IBWA's so-called "bad idea" is getting lots of attention and at 1/500th of the price tag of Annie Leonard's corporate presentation. IBWA's is a true success story!
missmaggiemoopoo 1 year ago 3
This is a lie.
marrrtypants 1 year ago
No amount of recycling or planting trees can change the fact that our oceans, river, streams, animals, and our own bodies now hold trace amounts of chemicals used in plastic bottles. These chemicals cause developmental defects in children and mimic hormones that will cause weird things in the human body, such as men growing breasts. cancer and all sorts of other nice things.
glenaypia 1 year ago
This is greenwashing at it's most transparent.
wachula5 1 year ago
Awful. People who drink bottled water, and soda, need to realize how much damage they do to themselves, and the environment.
ohohspaghettios 1 year ago
stewardship of putting that water in a bottle hahahaha! @ 1:00
ohtimmay 1 year ago
that got quite a laugh out of me as well! Unbelievable!
cpburrowes 1 year ago
I wonder why they shiped the jobs around the great lakes to the third world I knew they were making a play on it. You can't live without water you can turn the faucet off to the country if you control the lakes.All these illegal alien births are stealing water with their bodies millions of people amount is a lot of water weight.They have factory farms very few small farmers left and people don't have a idea about agriculture.
"Water is the next oil"---T Boone Pickens
Wedumgoodblkfolk 1 year ago
Wow. Greenwashing to the Nth degree...
noodles91380 1 year ago
how funny, American Forest is a sponsor of Project P.E. - Project Plastic Earth, which aims to replace all top soil with plastic bottles
maha77 1 year ago
But the United Nations, in a report also released Tuesday, emphasized that bottled water is not sustainable.
The report that found producing bottled water for the United States market consumes 17 million barrels of oil annually. (the NYT)
denizkural 1 year ago
E for effort. But a horrible job at an attempt to counter the claims in "The Story of Bottled Water". The worst part is the cheesy music. Oh wait, the ambiguous and scripted answers set in an "impromptu" environment were nifty as well.
jmfpercussion 1 year ago
"Greenwashing" is term that enviros throw around when any business does anything to help the planet. What a shame they do that, rather than applaud those industries that care about the environment. "Greenwashing" is term used by those who selectively pick and choose who they "allow" to be green. But the game is over! I applaud these folks for recycling and protecting groundwater. There's nothing to knock here! It's all good!
caymuspour 1 year ago
American Forests is green-washing, so is this video.
treeshar 1 year ago