Posts Tagged ‘bottled water’

Today is the start of Earth Day Canada’s campaigns!

Keeping the environment healthy doesn’t have to be hard, and the campaigns are filled with simple actions for you, your colleagues and kids to do just that.

A simple but important action that everyone can do is to drink more tap water and get water-wise. Reducing the waste created by paying for and drinking bottled water (with less safety regulations) can be achieved by refilling a reusable bottle.

It takes the equivalent of around 17 million barrels of oil to produce all the plastic for plastic water bottles each year. And did you know that municipal water is tested every day while bottled-water plants are only inspected on average once every three years?

Our tap water quality and safety ranks among the best in the world but there are still issues with our water consumption and access to clean drinking water even here in Canada. This is why it's important to get water-wise.

And don’t forget the kids. The kid-friendly Act for the Planet campaign offers all sorts of ideas and tips for kids and their classmates to help them remember to bring their own bottle.

Visit earthday.ca to learn and participate in fun and interesting ways for the month of April.

It's going to be a quick one today. I read in today's Globe and Mail (find the article here) that a major bottled-water company will be voluntarily implementing a 25-cent deposit on half-litre bottles in parts of Canada (B.C., Ontario and the Maritime provinces). According to the article, this secret company is responding to all the people who complain of those who litter and do not recycle the plastic bottles. This deposit will add a whopping $6 to a pack of 24 water bottles. I hope that's enough to make people stop buying bottled water in areas where the tap water is perfectly drinkable.

I must admit, I'm curious to see which "major" company is introducing the deposit.

Check out my previous post on bottles water here and here

Read more:
• 10 ways to conserve water in your home

I just wanted to post a little follow up to last week's tapwater post. In yesterday's Globe and Mail, I read that certain cities in Canada are contemplating banning the sale of bottled water from some public venues after London, Ontario has voted to eliminate the sale of bottled water at city-run facilities (arenas, community centres, city hall, etc.).

London is one of the first cities in Canada to implement such a forward-thinking restriction. Now, cities like Vancouver, Ottawa and Kitchener are contemplating following London's lead. And, school boards in Toronto, Waterloo and Ottawa have (more...)

Has any Toronto resident or visitor noticed these somewhat new City of Toronto ad campaigns? These posters are seen all over the city. I've noticed them on bus shelters, while riding the subway and in many printed publications. Looks like the city is trying to get us to think about how we consume water.

The ad on the left is of a family in their kitchen. They are all dressed in lab coasts and are drinking tap water. The caption reads: "It's what a scientist would drink. Toronto tapwater. It travels trough five layers of filtering and treatment before it arrives in you glass. And is continuously tested for quality. Trust science; not fashion. Choose tapwater. Filtered fresh."

The one on the right is of a woman who appears to be (more...)