To live green and to save greens people are increasingly choosing tap water over bottled water and sodas, according to PepsiCo and industry analysts.   This comes as excellent news for the environment, which suffers from the production and waste of bottled beverages, but is unfortunate news for the 3,300 people who will lose their jobs when Pepsico shutters 6 plants to cover their losses to the tap.   While I feel for those workers, I have trouble finding sympathy for the soda manufactures of the world who continue to pump us full of High Fructose Corn Syrup and charge us for water that should be free and accessible for all, while barrels of petroleum pile behind them and landfills overflow ahead of us.

Check out this magical video to learn some not-so-fun facts about bottled water:

Since this “illusionist” can’t make the bottles disappear, and the bottled water industry isn’t quite on the verge of collapsing, we’re going to have to take matters into our own hands.

takepart and join Food And Water Watch in taking back the tap!

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Food And Water Watch

Over 7 billion Pepsi cans will be printed with recycling factoids as part of their “Have we met before?” campaign to inform drinkers that the can they’re using has been made from 40% recycled aluminum, and to encourage them to recycle their empties.

Our research tells us that most people recycle, when they remember, said Kate Krebs, executive director of the National Recycling Coalition.

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