Environmental “Bad Boy”
2008 June 7
This article on the environmental impact of plastic water bottles should get everyone’s attention; even more so as gas prices continue to rise.
The problem isn’t the water — it’s the use of resources. It takes a lot of oil to make all those little bottles and ship them, sometimes halfway around the world. But Tom Lauria, vice president of communications for the International Bottled Water Association, said bottled water isn’t the environmental bad guy.
