Bottled water contains more bacteria than tap water
A team of scientists found that 70 per cent of popular bottled water brands available in shops had high levels of bacteria. (more…)
Announcing the 2010 Bottled Water Guide
The 2010 Water Guide is a vital resource to beverage buyers and manufacturers. (more…)
Global Bottled Water – New Market Report Published
Global Bottled Water industry profile is an essential resource for top-level data and analysis covering the Bottled Water industry. (more…)
New report on U.S. bottled water industry released
CompaniesandMarkets.com has released a new report and market analysis on the bottled water industry in the United States, according to a press release. (more…)
The Business of Bottled Water: An “Obsession” with a Price
Everyone needs water, and in much of the developed world, they get it—virtually for free. Yet companies have made a big business out of selling water products to people with ready access to safe, clean tap water. (more…)
‘More than half of bottled water brands unfit for use’
As many as 12 out of the 22 brands of bottled water sold in Pakistan were “unsafe for human consumption,” Naeem Sadiq, an activist of Shehri-Citizens for a Better Environment (Shehri-CBE) said on Wednesday, while citing a 2004 report of the science and technology ministry’s Pakistan Council for Research in Water Resources (PCRWR). (more…)
Bottled Water Business Is Sliding
After nearly two weeks of disappointments in Copenhagen, environmentalists can celebrate one small piece of news today: Bottled water sales are down and are expected to continue to fall next year, according to the Beverage Marketing Corp. (more…)
Asian middle classes’ thirst for bottled water will pull trigger on an Eastern blue gold rush
The relentless rise of Asia’s middle classes is poised to create an explosion in the global market for bottled water that will see the world consuming more than 280 billion litres annually by 2012. (more…)
Nestlé Waters Canada Pleased Ban On Bottled Water In Schools Rejected
In our view, in taking the course of action it did, the committee chose to continue to pursue meaningful environmental and health and wellness initiatives in Upper Grand District School Board schools rather than engage in “environmental symbolism” by prohibiting the sale and distribution of bottled water in those facilities. (more…)
South Korea markets demilitarized zone bottled water
Designer water connoisseurs can try a new tipple, directly sourced from the military zone between the two Koreas. The water is called DMZ 2km and is bottled near the buffer zone separating North and South Korea. (more…)