2011
2011
Nigeria’s plastic bottle house

Nigeria’s plastic bottle house

Nigeria’s first house built from discarded plastic bottles is proving a tourist attraction in the village of Yelwa.

Hundreds of people – including government officials and traditional leaders – have been coming to see how the walls are built in the round architectural shape popular in northern Nigeria.

The bottles, packed with sand, are placed on their side, one on top of the other and bound together with mud.

Bottled Water Matters is the official voice of the bottled water companies, formed by the IBWA. Give bottled water consumers a voice to share their ideas about bottled water facts, types of bottled water, mineral water brands, bottled water, water bottle labels

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DePauw University poised to fight back the ban

A DePauw University economics major laments the bottled water ban placed on the University’s campus in May 2010.  Catherine Napier, a senior, notes the lack of beverage choices on her campus and explains her preference for the convenience and taste of bottled water.  As demand (and support) for bottled water grows on campus, the same student body that spearheaded this ban may wind up being the market forces that bring it back.

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No ordinary recycled bridge

No ordinary recycled bridge

This recycled plastic bridge we came across(pun intended), is one of the best ideas we’ve seen. We can all agree that the recycling of plastic in any capacity makes us happy. But this footbridge which spans across the Tweed River in Wales goes above and beyond(last pun, we promise). It’s the sheer volume of plastic that is recycled…

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Passengers use bottled water to get overheated train started

Passengers use bottled water to get overheated train started

Passengers donated bottles of drinking water to get their train working again after it broke down because of the heatwave.

National Express East Anglia train ground to a halt under the baking midday sun outside Ipswich, in Suffolk, after coolant levels dropped causing the engine to cut out.

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Bottled Water Sales Rebound

CHICAGO — Bottled water is making a comeback after weathering the recession over the past few years.

As reported by Beverage Industry, the bottled water category overall increased 2 percent, generating…

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This cool video shows how bottled water is a very small and very efficient water user that spares people of billions of calories when they choose to drink water over other packaged drinks.

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