Green Matters™
by Crissy Trask
Welcome to my blog where I share almost anything I think will help make greener living undeniable and simple. News, tips, insight and resources served up weekly. I also share my perspectives on others' perspectives and actions. Agree or disagree, I hope you will find them thought-provoking and a starting point for conversation.
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JULY 13, 2009 Will a ban on bottled water lead to bad beverage choices?
The Australian town Bundanoon has banned the sale of bottled water. Instead stores will install filtered drinking fountains and sell refillable bottles. Critics are already blowing this out of proportion, claiming that without bottled water on the shelves, thirsty consumers will buy unhealthier, sugary bottled sodas and juices. Hmmm…did I mention that water fountains are being installed.
Drinking
soda instead of water can be a problem if it's done over and
over again, but not too long ago, bottled water wasn't sold in
stores the way it is now. People somehow coped, and I doubt they
did so by guzzling caloric sodas all day long, because people
were a lot thinner back then. The presence of bottled water everywhere
hasn't done much to control our waistline in America, that's
for sure. As a matter of fact, while bottled water sales rose
through the 2000s, so too have obesity and diabetes rates. The
rise in obesity and diabetes has been linked to the consumption
of too much sugar-sweetned soda.
The International Bottled Water Association will tell you that Americans are drinking less soda today and that is true, but the consumption of sugary beverages continues to rise due to the popularity of non-carbonated sugar-sweetend beverage like teas, juices and sports drinks.
On the whole, bottled water has not improved the drinking habits or health of Americans. And, if bottled water were to disappear from U.S. cities, I'm quite confident that water fountains would return, and people would figure out how to refill a bottle if they needed water to go.
2009 BLOG INDEX
Posts by Topic
Air Quality
6/8/09, Leaf Blowers:
An Environmental Nightmare
Cleaning
4/14/09, Don’t
Be So Quick to Blame the Low-Phosphate Detergent
Energy
7/6/09, It’s Summer
Time and the Livin’ is ‘Green’!
4/7/09, Window Films Can Lower Your
Cooling Bills and Your Tax Liability
3/14/09, Bundle Your
Gadgets
Food
10/27/09, Super
Freakonomics Authors Come Down Hard on Local Food
10/22/09, Hey Foodies, What
Are You Feeding Your Pets?
Green Terms
5/26/09, A Closer Look
at the Definition of “Recycled” and Some Other “Re”
Words
Plastic, and other Trash
7/13/09, Will a
Ban on Bottled Water Lad to Bad Beverage Choices?
4/22/09, Bottled Water
Gets Reinvented
3/2/09, Inefficient Packaging
Awards (No. 1)
Perspectives
9/14/09, Gullibility
is Derailing Progress
8/24/09, Check
Your Lifestyle Before Bragging About Recycling
8/19/09, Simple
Solutions Won’t Work Alone: Comprehensive is the True Agent
of Change
2/22/09, The Unhappiest Generation
2/12/09, Inauguration
Attendees Fail to Demonstrate Change
Reduce
8/5/09, Direct
Mail Marketers Want to Force Junk Mail on Us
3/21/09, Better
Yard Sales
1/25/09, Wasting Trees:
Why I Hate Junk Mail
Reuse
10/14/09, Wrapping
with Your Butcher
5/7/09, Craigslist
Buyers are A Flakey Bunch on the Whole
Recycling
6/22/09, Not
Separating Your Recyclables from Your Trash Can Hurt
3/4/09, Recycle Your
Water Filters
Transportation
6/15/09, Avoid
Hot Car Syndrome to Reduce Emissions…and Discomfort
Water
3/27/09,
Water, Water Everywhere, but Not a
Drop…
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