Comments on: What Is The True Cost Of Fiji Water? http://keetsa.com/blog/eco-friendly/what-is-the-true-cost-of-fiji-water/ Keetsa! Blog is about eco-friendly and green stuff. Tue, 24 Nov 2009 09:51:09 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Keoni http://keetsa.com/blog/eco-friendly/what-is-the-true-cost-of-fiji-water/comment-page-1/#comment-60903 Keoni Wed, 22 Apr 2009 18:36:24 +0000 http://keetsa.com/blog/?p=10601#comment-60903 I read that the plastic shipped from China are small pellets which are hand blown by Fijian-owned companies. So there's not much shipping. There's also the production water/drinkable water ratio for a lot of sources -- including tap. I read that the plastic shipped from China are small pellets which are hand blown by Fijian-owned companies. So there’s not much shipping. There’s also the production water/drinkable water ratio for a lot of sources — including tap.

]]> By: Timothy http://keetsa.com/blog/eco-friendly/what-is-the-true-cost-of-fiji-water/comment-page-1/#comment-42398 Timothy Wed, 19 Nov 2008 20:42:40 +0000 http://keetsa.com/blog/?p=10601#comment-42398 So the costs and impacts include burning oil to make the plastic, more petroleum to ship it, and then most (by industry reports) recyclable bottles end up in waste dumps where they don't decompose. Get a water bottle of your own and a good filter to take out chlorine and fluoride and fill your bottles at home with filtered tap water. Your pocketbook and your health will be in better condition. Please visit www.friendsofwater.com/Bottled_Water.html for more information. At least Fiji water is reported to be good water. Lots of other types are actually contaminate in one way or another. So the costs and impacts include burning oil to make the plastic, more petroleum to ship it, and then most (by industry reports) recyclable bottles end up in waste dumps where they don’t decompose.

Get a water bottle of your own and a good filter to take out chlorine and fluoride and fill your bottles at home with filtered tap water. Your pocketbook and your health will be in better condition. Please visit http://www.friendsofwater.com/Bottled_Water.html for more information.

At least Fiji water is reported to be good water. Lots of other types are actually contaminate in one way or another.

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