Is Soda Getting A Free Ride On Sustainability Issues?

February 15, 2008

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An article in The Street asks if bottled water, which has been hammered in the press lately, is the environmental scapegoat of the soft-drink industry. Should cities like San Francisco consider banning all drinks that come in a bottle or can?

Sodas account for half of U.S. soft drink sales while bottled water has slightly more than a quarter of the market. Aside from a few smaller players like Fiji water and Icelandic Glacial, the biggest bottled water brands are owned by the industry leaders who put a variety of soft drinks onto store shelves: Dasani by Coca-Cola, Aquafina by PepsiCo, and Perrier, Poland Spring, Deer Park and others by Nestle.

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The difference is that Coke doesn’t come out of our taps.

Simon Dunne | February 15th, 2008

You got it Simon..

Jason | April 9th, 2008

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