Something Tappening Here
- Posted by: Patrick James
- on July 28, 2008 at 5:14 pm
The bottled water industry is probably the biggest scam of the 20th century. Companies took something that was not only free but also available in almost any modern home, and found a better way to brand it. That part you almost have to applaud—well done, marketers, we bought it—but there’s another, far more irksome component to the industry: its inconceivable waste.
The people at Tappening want to change that. They want to make the single-use water bottle a thing of the past. If that makes sense to you, you can help by joining the organization, or by purchasing one of these permanent water bottles (which are BPA-free) or a new Tappening bag (which is made from recycled single-use bottles). There is also a bounty of informational resources to be found on the site.
CORRECTION: We initially stated that the bottles were made from recycled bottles; they aren’t, but the bags are.
DISCUSSION: 5 Comments
I agree with you on this.The whole notion of bottled water is, for a lack of better words, retarded.
agreed, but there is almost no getting away from die hard bottled water users
“well done, marketers, we bought it”Seems you’ve bought the marketers devious plans again with this nalgene bottle, something you can buy at any local outdoor store and most grocery stores.
well in reference to the person above, the point of buying this particular bottle is to support their cause in reducing the amount of inorganic garbage pile-up (i.e. water bottles taking up space and disrupting nature’s process)
Get a life! Has anyone done a cost/carbon analysis on bottled water verses cola or beer? You complain that someone can make money (a life) selling water? You people need to pull your heads out your boxes. No, better yet, crawl in a bottle and cap it!