Think Outside the Bottle

NEW REPORT: Getting States Off the Bottle examines the costs associated with water bottling and recommends the elimination of all unnecessary state spending on bottled water.www.stopcorporateabuse.org/GettingStatesOffTheBottle

Think Outside the Bottle is a campaign working to promote, protect and ensure public funding for our public water systems.

That means challenging corporations who undermine public confidence in tap water.

It also means working with public officials, faith groups, restaurants, celebrities, campuses, and individuals to support public systems by opting for tap over bottled water. We are also partnering closely with the national consumer organization Center for a New American Dream in asking people like yourself to take the pledge. Together, we are asking folks like you to Think Outside the Bottle.

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{Think Outside the Bottle} In States, Cities and Counties

States, cities and counties across the country spend hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars on bottled water for city employees every year, even as funding for public water systems suffers. Together we are building a movement of public officials who are Thinking Outside the Bottle!

{Think Outside the Bottle} On Campuses

Students from universities, colleges, and high schools across the country are leading the national movement challenging corporate control of water. Learn how they are raising public awareness and building support for the Think Outside the Bottle campaign.

{Think Outside the Bottle} In Restaurants

From celebrity chef Mario Batali’s Del Posto in New York City to Alice Water’s Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California, restaurants are now serving tap instead of bottled water.

The shift reduces waste and encourages more sustainable eating habits by serving local safe, clean and reliable water from the tap instead of its high priced, bottled alternative.

{Think Outside the Bottle} In Communities

Across North America, the world’s largest food and beverage corporation, Nestlé, is staking claim to community water resources.

In the worst cases, Nestlé’s water grab is ruining streams, ponds, wells and aquifers. And in all cases, Nestlé’s practices are raising serious questions about who should be allowed to control water, our most essential resource, and to what end.

{Think Outside the Bottle} In Faith Groups

Faith communities across the country are leading the national movement challenging corporate control of water. Out of concern for the 1.1 billion people who currently lack access to enough drinking water, these communities are getting involved with the Think Outside the Bottle campaign in their places of worship.