Comments on: Water Bottle Ban on the Horizon

By: naomi singh

naomi singh — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 09:01:17 +0000

I just finished watching ‘flow’ and having lived in Toronto for over 30 years it is with great love from myself and the universe that i say, thank you Canadians!

mother earth has provided a selection of basic essentials for survival on plant earth – such that is meant to exist for seven generations onwards, water being one of them!

0ur self absorb ignorant consumption is mind blowing. Yet our will and knowledge is a true gift!

I wonder what what mother earth would say?

By: Tara Hillyer

Tara Hillyer — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 01:41:28 +0000

I have been following the begining of the water bottle ban in Newmarket, Ontario – as put forward by Regional Councillor John Taylor Jan 2009 (video interview found at http://www.fourseasonsofgreen.com/tara-blog/politics-in-action)

I couldn’t resist responding to this…
“They just can’t resist running everyone’s personal business. If I want to purchase a bottle of water, in a supposedly ‘free society’, I think I should be free to do so: there must be some clause in the Charter that would protect such a freedom-”
Perhaps we should consider that it is not about an individual matter of choice – the commoditization of water is a social injustice – water is not a commodity, it is a right. By supporting the privatization of water, is that not taking away the rights of others? In addition to the social justice issues around bottling and re-selling our water (the water we already pay for in our taxes – so you pay for it twice, and much more the second time) for more than gasoline costs, we all pay the price in carbon emissions, depletion of natural water sources from water extraction plants, environmental impact from water bottle plants, increased plastic in landfills, even in the unnecessary costs (financial and environmental) of recycling those bottles that do manage to make it to a recycling plant. All because someone is too lazy to use a glass or reusable travel container?

The hidden costs of this bottle of water seems disproportionate to the benefit (convenience) of this product.

By: Bob Triallo

Bob Triallo — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 05:27:25 +0000

One more example of socialist busybodies making new laws to control everyone’s lives. They just can’t resist running everyone’s personal business. If I want to purchase a bottle of water, in a supposedly ‘free society’, I think I should be free to do so: there must be some clause in the Charter that would protect such a freedom-
Can’t wait for the film festival actors to show up from Hollywood and drink bottled water in front of the press. Maybe this year, Sean Penn can light up a smoke and swig out of his bottled water.

By: Lawrence Gridin

Lawrence Gridin — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 23:36:54 +0000

Dear Steve:
You’re right. Water bottles are no different from soft drink bottles. Both create a huge amount of waste.

But my argument is also based on my opinion that water bottles are simply pointless. That is because, unlike soft drinks and beer, there is a reasonable alternative to bottled water: good, clean, refreshing tap water!!

Also, just because bottles are 100% recyclable does not mean that 100% of bottles are recycled!

I could not find good stats on the issue, but some preliminary numbers that I came up with suggest that approximately half of water bottles purchased in Toronto end up in landfills. The numbers are higher outside of Toronto. A 2003 report from the California Department of Conservation found that 1 billion water bottles per year were ending up in the trash.

By: Steve

Steve — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:46:43 +0000

I read the opinion concerning the impact of bottled water companies on the environment but can’t help but wonder.
Why bottled water? their bottles and trucks are no different than soft drink and beer companies, and they certainly must use only a fraction of the water used in the process of bottling these products.
A check of the facts does in deed reveal a flaw in the recycle argument as well, turns out bottled water bottles are 100% recyclable

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