The Story of Bottled Water Pollution, released March 22, 2010, employs the Story of Stuff style to tell the fast-paced, fact-filled story of manufactured demand—how you get Americans to buy more than half a billion bottles of water every week when it already flows from the tap. Over five minutes, the film explores the bottled water industry’s attacks on tap water and its use of seductive, environmental-themed advertising to cover up the mountains of plastic waste it produces. The film concludes with a call to take back the tap, not only by making a personal commitment to avoid bottled water, but by supporting investments in clean, available tap water for all.
Across Canada and around the world, people are taking a stand in support of public water and against the privatization of water. Join bottled water free day on March 10, 2011
The bottled water industry is being forced under a public microscope as more and more people question:
McGill University BYOB Campaign
Inside the Bottle: The people's campaign on the bottled water industry
Canadian Federation of Students