Comments on: Greenwash Of The Week: Fiji Bottled Water.

By: xurizaemon

xurizaemon — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 13:02:57 +0000

i live in the south pacific (aotearoa) and i too doubt very much they are shipping water to the USA – ever heard the phrase “selling ice to eskimos”?

would be interesting to ask Fiji Water

i certainly wouldn’t drink a packaged water whose brand says ‘every drop is green’. clean water is not supposed to be green …

By: Captian Planet

Captian Planet — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 03:11:34 +0000

BTW, bottle water is HEAVILY unregulated. The FDA has little or no say on the deal. I highly doubt it comes from Fiji. Probably bottled from “Municipal Water Source” of Newark, New Jersey.

Susy, you are not alone. I am so sick of it too. I hate the following:

AntecEarthwatts…. Energy Plus80 series, complete bull…

Hybrid Vehicles… STILL USES TERROROIL

and my personal favorite

“eco-friendly natural” foods. Hmmmmmmm…. isn’t everything natural? Chemical free? Water is a chemical. Air is a chemical. Nitrogen, Oxygen… Argon…

Bottle water is the biggest scam perpetrated on the American/World Consumer. We spend TRILLIONS in publicworks for clean tap water. Hydrogen-Oxygen is Hydrogen-Oxygen no matter if it has a bottle made from oil or not.

By: David

David — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 23:40:46 +0000

You are exactly right – but when you do buy, it is important to buy the “right” thing, which this is absolutely not. Thanks for the comment!

By: Susy

Susy — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 21:19:06 +0000

I really really HATE greenwashing. I hate that you have to buy something to be “green”. Buying in general is really not green. We’ve been trying to do without many products we used to use and if we can’t we try to find a green alternative. But even “green” products are manufactured and many still come in plastic. It’s kind of like the lesser of 2 evils. Bottled water – just plain evil! We use metal water bottles and refill at the sink.