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POPSEco-Sin Tax? Chicago Fights the 7 Sins of Bottled Water Chicago's 5-cent tax on bottled water took effect on Jan. 2, 2008. The tax is expected to bring an extra $10.5 million annually into the city's coffers while encouraging people to drink tap water and eschew the environmentally suspect bottles. Illinois residents consumed 270 million gallons of bottled water in 2005, making the state the seventh-biggest bottled water consumer in the United States. The Earth Policy Institute estimates manufacturers use more than 17 million barrels of oil in making polyethylene terephthalate plastic bottles. Only 23 percent of those bottles are is recycled, according to the Container Recycling Institute. The rest are tossed into landfills.
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POPS Eco-Group's "Message In The Bottle" "It's not for the point of the stunt or novelty, it's to make a statement about wastefulness," said Yaverbaum, president and founder of Ericho Communications. Tappening is targeting Coca-Cola because the company has yet to publicly identify the sources of Dasani water. Dasani's Web site states its water comes from the local water supply, and is filtered through reverse osmosis.
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POPSCanned Oxygen Could be the Next Bottled Water
Distributors have seen this fad unfold and are now ready to cash in on bringing this delightfully melancholy experience to us all. Their goal is to bring the power of canned oxygen to local grocery stores and convenience marts everywhere. For a few bucks, you can carry around your own personal cache of clean air. You may be wondering, Why would I pay money for a small can of oxygen? Research has been conducted “claiming” that pure oxygen has several endearing qualities, the most beneficial being its energy giving properties. It is believed that a brief blast of pure oxygen allows you flush some of the impurities from your body, clear your mind, and eliminate some of that sluggish feeling that many of us have. Manufacturers are betting that a sluggish feeling public will line up for such a product. Some doctors call it a sham. Pure oxygen, they say, does nothing to cleanse your body. And it can be harmful - particularly for people with severe lung diseases like emphysema.
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